Mount Logan

Mount Logan from the southwest

The mountain from the northeast (as seen from Kluane Icefield )

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Mount Logan - located in the Elias chain in the southwest of the Canadian Yukon Territory - is with 5959 m the highest mountain in Canada and after Mount McKinley ( Denali ), the second highest peak in North America; as such, he is one of the Seven Second Summits. The mountain was in 1890 discovered and named in 1891 after the then very famous geologist Sir William Edmond Logan. Meanwhile, there are 13 different routes to the summit, and his ascent is considered one of the toughest in North America. In addition to the main summit there are three other peaks over 5890 m.

Major and minor peaks

Mountain massif of Mount Logan all surrounding peaks are counted with a saddle height of less than 500 meters:

Ascents

Was first climbed Mount Logan in 1925 by an expedition under the direction of Albert MacCarthy. Other participants were the first to climb and Fred Lambart, Andrew Taylor, Allen Carpe, William Wasbrough Foster and Norman Read. They reached the summit on 23 June 1925.

Because of the inaccessibility of the mountain ( the first climbers had to overcome 180 km to ever come to the mountain ) can be many climbers from a flight service, which is based in Haines Junction, settle on a glacier.

As with almost all Seven Summits Second Mount Logan is considered more difficult than climbing the highest mountain of his continent, Mount McKinley. Climbing Technically, it is indeed only slightly more difficult: is evaluated during the Mount McKinley on the normal route with a II ( Alaskan grading system), Mount Logan has the minimal higher difficulty level II . Larger challenges, however, on both mountains are the extreme climatic conditions. The weather is determined in each case by storms and extreme cold. In addition, the troposphere is thinner near the poles, so that prevail near the summit air conditions such as in the Himalayas at 7000 m altitude. All this affects the Mount Logan stronger because its plateau - shape for the climb requires a prolonged stay at high altitude.