King Peak

King Peak, sometimes called Mount King, is a 5,173-metre summit in the Saint Elias Mountains of southwestern Yukon, just west of Mount Logan. Usually ranked Canada’s fourth-highest mountain and North America’s ninth-highest, it is often treated as a satellite of the larger Logan massif. Its climbing history began in 1952, when a University of Alaska student team made the first ascent after approaching the Ogilvie Glacier and working up the west ridge; two climbers reached the summit on June 6 after storm delays and difficult terrain. Two more ascents followed that year by an American team approaching from the south, marking King Peak as part of the remote exploratory climbing era in the Saint Elias range.

Yukon · Canada