The Kahiltna Glacier is a large (36 miles/58km) glacier of the Alaska Range, starting on the southwest slopes of Mount McKinley near Kahiltna Pass (elevation 10,320 feet (3146 m). Its main channel runs almost due south between Mount Foraker (to the west) and Mount Hunter (to the east). View of Mount McKinley on a rare clear day The Alaska Range is a mountain range that extends for about 650 km (400 mi) across south-central Alaska, from Iliamna Lake at the SW end to White River in Canada at the SE end. ... Denali redirects here. ... Mount Foraker is a mountain located at the head of the Forake Glacier, in Denali National Park, 25 km (15 miles) southwest of Denali Pass. ... Mount Hunter (or Begguya) is a mountain in Denali National Park in Alaska. ...

The glacier has a few notable forks. The Northeast Fork lies just under, and to the south of, the large plateau which houses the 14,000 foot camp on the standard West Buttress Route of Mount McKinley. It also provides access to the popular, but more technical, West Rib and Cassin Ridge routes. The East Fork is rarely visited, but provides access to the west side of the South Buttress of McKinley. The mouth of the Southeast Fork is the site of the seasonal airstrip and base camp for McKinley. This location is just outside the southern boundary of the wilderness portion of Denali National Park. It also serves as the base camp for climbers attempting routes on the west or north sides of the formidable Mount Hunter, which rises just south of the Southeast Fork, and on the east or southeast sides of Mount Foraker, which lies just across the main part of the glacier. Denali National Park Denali National Park and Preserve is located in Interior Alaska and contains Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America. ...

Many other unnamed forks split off to the east from the main stream of the glacier in the region south of Mount Hunter, providing access to a complex of small but steep rock peaks, popular with climbers, known as "Little Switzerland." The snout of the glacier lies further to the south, at elevation approximately 1000 feet, where the glacier gives rise to the Kahiltna River.