Mount Sanford is a shield volcano[3] in the Wrangell Volcanic Field, in eastern Alaska near the Copper River.

The south face of the volcano, at the head of the Sanford Glacier, rises 8,000 feet (2,400 m) in 1 mile (1,600 m) resulting in one of the steepest gradients in North America.

[3] Observers have reported minor activity at Sanford, primarily vapor clouds or plumes from ice and rockfalls.

[2] Mount Sanford was first climbed on July 21, 1938 by noted mountaineers Terris Moore and Bradford Washburn, via the still-standard North Ramp route up the Sheep Glacier.

This route "offers little technical difficulty" and "is a glacier hike all the way to the summit"[4] but is still a serious mountaineering challenge (Alaska Grade 2) due to the altitude and latitude of the peak.