{"id":1870796,"date":"2026-04-07T23:24:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1870796"},"modified":"2026-04-07T23:24:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:24:56","slug":"meteorite-mountain-pontoon-peak-two-titans-of-the-chugach-mountains-in-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1870796","title":{"rendered":"Meteorite Mountain & Pontoon Peak \u2013 Two Titans of the Chugach Mountains in Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meteorite Mountain, AK. Image: SnowBrains on April 6, 2026<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Meteorite Mountain & Pontoon Peak are two titans of the Chugach Mountains in Alaska<\/strong><\/p>\n

I skied Meteorite back in 2012 and it still stands out as one of the most aesthetic and intimidating faces I\u2019ve ever pointed skis down. Jerry Hance let me ski the spine for a ways\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meteorite Mountain, AK<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  • \u00a06,565 foot summit<\/li>\n
  • 2,700 vertical foot run<\/li>\n
  • Sustained 40\u201350\u00b0 with steeper spine features<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Meteorite is one of the Chugach \u201cBig Five\u201d for a reason. First skied in 1992, Meteorite reportedly earned its name after a meteor strike in 1927. In 2011, Dean Cummings completed the first full descent of the \u201cDragon\u2019s Back\u201d spine on the northeast face, one of the most technical and committing lines in the Chugach of Alaska.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Pontoon Peak, AK. Image: SnowBrains on March 31, 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Pontoon<\/strong>, AK<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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    • 7,188 foot summit<\/li>\n
    • 3,600 vertical foot run<\/li>\n
    • 35\u201350\u00b0+ variable terrain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Pontoon is one of the most legendary lines in the Chugach and is another of the Chugach \u201cBig Five.\u201d The name comes from the early heli-ski days, when Trevor Petersen and Eric Pehota rode on the helicopter\u2019s pontoons\/skids during a landing there, helping give the peak its now-famous name. But there\u2019s some controversy here as Jerry Hance says that he skied Ponton before Trevor and Eric on the same day back in 1992. This beast is rarely skied.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Would you ski either of these monsters?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      Meteorite Mountain, AK. Image: SnowBrains on April 6, 2026 Meteorite Mountain & Pontoon Peak are two titans of the Chugach Mountains in Alaska I skied Meteorite back in 2012 and it still stands out as one of the most aesthetic and intimidating faces I\u2019ve ever pointed skis down. Jerry Hance let me ski the spine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,267],"class_list":["post-1870796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-snowbrains-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1870796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1870796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1870796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1870796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1870796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1870796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}