This rarely climbed mountain has three large sweeping faces, the East, West, and South.

Following Shand's untimely death in a tragic car crash, Bradford Washburn, also of the Hayes first ascent party, proposed this name in 1949 to be applied to what is now called Mount Moffit.

[6] This climate supports the Trident and Black Rapids Glaciers surrounding this peak.

The months May through June offer the most favorable weather for climbing or viewing.

Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Tanana River drainage basin.