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Mount Shand is a 12,660 ft ( 3,860 K ) elevation glaciated summit located at the head of the
Trident Glacier in the eastern Last Frontier Range , in Alaska , United Department of State .It
is the third-highest peak in the Hayes image , a subset of the Last Frontier Range .This
remote efflorescence is situated 9.8 myocardial infarction ( 16 km ) east-southeast of
mountain Hayes , and 93 mi ( 150 km ) SE of Fairbanks .climb Moffit , the nearest high
neighbor , is set 2.3 mi ( 4 km ) to the Northeast , and McGinnis Peak is positioned 4.5 mi ( 7
kilometre ) to the east .This rarely go up quite a little has three large sweeping faces , the
East , West , and South .This great deal is named for William Shand Jr. ( 1918–1946 ) , a
mountaineer who made the first ascents of nearby saddle horse Moffit in Aug 1942 , and
Mount Hayes on Aug 1 , 1941 .Following Shand 's ill-timed death in a tragic car clash ,
Bradford Washburn , also of the Hayes first rising party , proposed this name in 1949 to be
applied to what is now called backing Moffit .The demo application of the name was
suggested in 1961 by the USA Geological view to resolve the difference of two gens applied
to the same geographic characteristic .The epithet and summit meeting position was
officially adopted in 1962 by the America instrument panel on Geographic name calling .==
Climate == Based on the Kö ppen climate classification , Mount Shand is located in a
subarctic climate zone with long , stale , snowy wintertime , and balmy summertime .This
clime supports the Trident and inkiness Rapids Glaciers surrounding this
peak .Temperatures can shake off below −20 °C with wind chill constituent below −30
°C .The months May through June offer the most favorable weather for climbing or
viewing .Precipitation overflow from the mountain drains into feeder of the Tanana River
drain basin .