2024 Map of Mount Hayes B-5 NW

About this map

Glacial ice and high-altitude peaks dominate this remote section of the eastern Alaska Range within the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and Southeast Fairbanks Census Area. The landscape is a study in active alpine glaciation, where the Black Rapids Glacier flows through the northeastern reaches while the Eureka Glacier and Maclaren Glacier carve into the southern terrain. Central to the topography is Meteor Peak, a prominent landmark that rises amidst a network of ice-carved ridges and deep valleys. The absence of roads or permanent human settlements on the map underscores the wilderness character of the region, where surveying lines from the Public Land Survey System provide the only structural grid over this shifting, ice-heavy environment.