Mount Saskatchewan

Mount Saskatchewan, a 3,500-metre peak in Yukon’s Kluane National Park and Reserve, stands in the Centennial Range, whose summits were named in connection with Canada’s centennial. Named in 1967 for the province of Saskatchewan, it became known as the only province- or territory-named peak in the range that remained unclimbed as of 2012. That distinction came after repeated unsuccessful expeditions. Climbers tried in 1967, again in 2005 during Saskatchewan’s centennial, in 2007, and in 2012, when a Saskatchewan team turned back at about 3,200 metres because of crevasse falls and bad weather. A Swedish attempt in early spring 2013 also failed to find a safe route.

Yukon · Canada