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Nugget Towers

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is significant since the mountain rises 3,500 feet (1,067 m) above Nugget Creek's upper basin in less than one mile. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into
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is a mountain ridge with a series of peaks, two primarily, the highest of which is 5,378-ft (1,639 m) elevation, and located on the southern periphery of the
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Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification".
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Left to rightː Mendenhall Towers, Mt. Wrather, Bullard Mountain, Nugget Towers seen from Douglas Island
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lies 4.5 mi (7 km) west-northwest on the opposite side of the glacier, and
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zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Weather systems coming off the
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lies 3 mi (5 km) to the south. Although modest in elevation,
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Index


Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
Mount Wrather
Isolation
Coordinates
58°27′04″N 134°27′41″W / 58.45111°N 134.46139°W / 58.45111; -134.46139
Nugget Towers is located in Alaska
Tongass National Forest
Juneau Borough
Alaska
United States
Parent range
Coast Mountains
Boundary Ranges
Juneau Icefield
Topo map
USGS
Easiest route
class 5.4
Juneau Icefield
Boundary Ranges
Alaska
Mendenhall Glacier
Juneau
Bullard Mountain
Tongass National Forest
Stroller White Mountain
Heintzleman Ridge

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