Mount Steele

Mount Steele in Yukon is one of Canada’s highest peaks and among the tallest mountains in North America, though its exact elevation remains uncertain because an older 1913 survey figure was not tied to the sea-level datum used in later mapping. Named for Sir Sam Steele of the North-West Mounted Police during the Klondike Gold Rush, it was first climbed in 1935 by Walter A. Wood’s expedition after an earlier attempt was halted by storm and heavy snow. The mountain has also drawn attention for major slope failures, including huge avalanches and landslides in 2007 and 2015 that ranked among the largest recorded in Yukon, western Canada, and worldwide for that year.

Yukon · Canada