Reaching the summit of Mount Logan, highest point of Canada

Reaching the summit of Mount Logan, highest point of Canada on June 1, 2009 as part of http://www.panamericanpeaks.com project.

Expedition by Canada west Mountain School; mountain guide = Rich Prohaska, assistant guide = Martin Fichtl; success after 15 days on the mountain.

See also the 6 min video of entire expedition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjfjQF7XCdM

Or the 2 min animated flight around Logan summit with route traced and camp sites marked on Google Earth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy8vTdXWyEk

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• Climbing
• Panamerican Peaks
• Logan
• mountain
• mountaineering
• national
• park
• glacier
• outdoor sports

[tlausser]

Thanks CanadaAuroraBorealis for your comments. There aren't many places in the world where you can look down nearly 20.000 ft (6,000 m) from a mountain top. Mt. Logan is one of them.

[Whateverspossible]

was that all clouds or a shit load of snow?

[tlausser]

@Whateverspossible You are looking down to the glaciers of the Kluane Icefields; your "shit load of snow" are the largest ice fields on this planet outside the polar regions. No clouds on summit day (June 1st, 2009).

[Mkamalid]

I think I'll spend 5 or 6 years in the rockies, do Robson, Assiniboine, then maybe get the funds for such trips. mind me telling approx of over all cost?

[tlausser]

@Mkamalid While you need to be in reasonably good physcial shape for a mountain like Mt. Logan - carrying heavy loads and pulling sleds, enduring cold and low oxygen - you don't need to be a technical climber for Logan's normal route (King's Trench). I think Mt. Robson is actually more technical than Logan and also very rarely summited. Prepare mentally, to remain upbeat and positive despite potential adversity or extreme weather up high. Also, a cohesive team and good guide(s) are essential.

[tlausser]

Thank you #Flannelsykes for your comment. I agree that #hits does not always correlate with quality or accomplishment. I can assure you, however, that I was somewhat dimwitted myself when taking this video due to a combination of lack of oxygen and excess of endorphines! Cheers, Thomas.

[peaks888]

@tlausser 20,000 ft and lacking oxygen? rookie

[Hulio7271]

Incredible!  Way to go!

[CanadaAuroraBorealis]

The official height for Mt logan is 5950 meters (19520 feet). Mt. St. Elias is 5488 meters (18008 feet). Mt McKinley, highest in North America and the USA is 20320 feet (6194 meters).

Actually, a re-survey of Logan reduced its height by about 100 meters a few years ago, but most maps show the above figures.

[CanadaAuroraBorealis]

At 0:44 that is Mount St. Elias in the background, 18,008 feet, fourth highest mountain in North America (after McKinley, Logan, and the Orizaba volcano in Mexico) and the second highest mountain in both Canada and the USA (it is on the border). Located right on the ocean, that is the Gulf of Alaska beyond, 5900 meters or nearly 20,000 below. These two peaks are the highest coastal mountains on earth, it is thought a chunk of tectonic plate is lodged beneath them, resulting in the great uplift

[Whateverspossible]

@tlausser Damn dude. so lucky, i would love to do that sucks that i dont have that much money, gotta have alot to go hey?

[Mkamalid]

@tlausser will do :)