Mount Logan (5 959 m / 19 551 ft)

Mt. Logan is listed on the Second Seven Summits as it is the second highest peak in North America next to Alaska’s Mt. McKinley/Denali Peak, and it is also on a list of ultras in Canada. The mountain is absolutely massive and mountaineers who thought they saw gigantic mountains in the Himalayas are awed by the size of Logan. Even from a distance it completely fills the skyline.

It is the highest mountain in Canada and the second highest in Nort. The Logan massif has 11 peaks over 5,000 metres, rises about 3000 m from the surrounding glaciers and has the largest base circumference of any mountain in the world. The top of massif covered with a glaciated plateau, about 20 km long and 5 km wide. Numerous ridges, some of them unclimbed, lead up to the plateau from all directions. About a dozen peaks rise from the plateau - the highest is Mount Logan's main summit.  Due to its proximity to the Gulf of Alaska, severe snow storms can hit the upper part of the mountain any time of the year.

• World Most Prominent Peaks
• Canada Highest Major Peaks
• North America Isolated Peaks
• North America Prominent Peaks
• North America Highest Peaks
• Canada Country High Points
• Seven Second Summits

Mount Logan is located in Kluane National Park in southwestern Yukon. The Icefield Ranges, of the St. Elias Mountains, occupy two-thirds of Kluane National Park & Reserve's interior and represent a portion of the most extensive non-polar Icefield in the world.

Access into the Icefield Ranges is accomplished by either an hour or more aircraft flight or one to two weeks of overland travel from the nearest road. Both helicopters and light fixed wing aircraft on ski-wheels are normally available in Yukon at the:  Haines Junction Airport  Kluane Lake Research Station  Burwash Landing Airport

All persons spending time within the Icefield Ranges of Kluane National Park & Reserve must have an Icefields Mountaineering Permit. You must apply for your permit a few months in advance of the start of your trip on a park’s web site. Fees apply.

Mt. Logan was named in 1890 after Sir William Edmond Logan,

founder of the Canadian Geological Survey.

 

Until 1992, the exact height of the mountain was not known

with certainty and was given from 5,959 metres to 6,020

(19,551 to 19,849 ft) metres. In 1992 an expedition to the

summit used GPS and fixed the elevation at 5,959 metres

(19,551 ft); however a recent measurement taken twice from a

plane showed the mountain reaching 5,966 metres. This new

measurement has not been officially confirmed or recognized.

Though the mountain is still growing due to tectonic uplifting,

one reason postulated for the additional seven metres was an

increase in snow and ice build-up.Mt. Logan records some terribly cold temperatures with a

record -77.5 °C recorded on May 26th, 1991, the coldest

temperature recorded outside of Antarctica.

 

  ... Read more

Accomodation

• Yukon River View Hotel (downtown Whitehorse)

Logistics

• Dalton Trail Lodge (Haines Junction)
• Trans North Helicopters

Guided Tours

• International Mountain Guides

• Other sources. http://www.summitsofcanada.ca/canatrek/summits/yukon.html
• Other sources. http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/yt/kluane/activ/3/perm.aspx
• General description about the mountain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Logan
• Technical details. http://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=541