Mount Logan Totally Explained

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Mount Logan is Canada's highest mountain and the second-highest peak in North America, after Mount McKinley. The mountain was named after Sir William Edmond Logan, a Canadian geologist and founder of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC). Mount Logan is located within Kluane National Park and Reserve in southwestern Yukon and is the source of the Hubbard and Logan Glaciers. Logan reportedly has the largest base circumference of any mountain on Earth.
Due to active tectonic uplifting, Mount Logan is actually still rising in elevation. Before 1992, the exact height of Mount Logan was unknown and measurements ranged from to . In May 1992, a GSC expedition climbed Mount Logan and fixed the current height of using GPS.
Temperatures are extremely cold on and near Mount Logan. On May 26 1991 a record was observed, making it the coldest recorded temperature outside of Antarctica. It isn't counted as the coldest temperature in North America since it was recorded at a very high altitude.

Peaks of the massif

The Mount Logan massif is considered to contain all the surrounding peaks with less than of prominence, as listed below:

Peak	Height	Prominence	coordinates
Main
Logan East Peak (Stuart Peak)
Houston's Peak
Prospector Peak
AINA Peak
Russell Peak
Tudor Peak (Logan North Peak)
Saxon Peak (Northeast)
Queen Peak
Capet Peak (Northwest)
Catenary Peak
Teddy Peak

First ascent

In 1922, a geologist approached the Alpine Club of Canada with the suggestion that the club send a team to the mountain to reach the summit for the first time. An international team of Canadian, British and American climbers was assembled and initially they'd planned their attempt in 1924 but funding and preparation delays postponed the trip until 1925. The international team of climbers began their journey in early May, crossing the mainland from the Pacific coast by train. They then walked the remaining to within of the Logan Glacier where they established base camp. In the early evening of June 23, 1925, Albert H. MacCarthy, H.F. Lambart, A. Carpe, W.W. Foster, N. Read and A. Taylor stood on top for the first time.

Proposed renaming

Following the death of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, a close friend of Trudeau's, considered renaming the mountain Mount Trudeau;
however, opposition from Yukoners, mountaineers, geologists, Trudeau's political critics, and many other Canadians forced the plan to be dropped. A mountain in British Columbia's Premier Range was named Mount Pierre Elliott Trudeau instead.

May 2005 rescue

On the last few days of May 2005, three climbers from the North Shore Search and Rescue team of North Vancouver became stranded on the mountain. A joint operation by Canadian and American forces rescued the three climbers and took them to Anchorage, Alaska for treatment of frostbite There were also climbers on the mountain that were part of the same team who had to ditch their summit bid to help rescue their teammates. The main rescue team in the area was ironically the team that needed rescuing.

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