Mount Logan facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Mount Logan |
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Mount Logan from the southeast
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,959 m (19,551 ft) |
| Prominence | 5,250 m (17,220 ft) |
| Parent peak | Mount McKinley |
| Listing | Seven Second Summits Country high point Ultra |
| Geography | |
| Location | Yukon, Canada |
| Parent range | Saint Elias Mountains |
| Topo map | NTS 115B |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1925 by A.H. MacCarthy et al. |
| Easiest route | glacier/snow/ice climb |
Mount Logan is the highest mountain in Canada. It is the second-highest peak in North America, after Mount McKinley (Denali). The mountain was named after Sir William Edmond Logan, a Canadian geologist and founder of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC). Mount Logan is in Kluane National Park and Reserve in southwestern Yukon. Logan is believed to have the largest base circumference of any non-volcanic mountain on Earth. The massif has eleven peaks over 5,000 metres (16,400 ft).
Temperatures are extremely low on and near Mount Logan. On the 5,000 m high plateau, air temperature stays around −45 °C (−49 °F) in the winter. It reaches near freezing in summer. Little snow melt leads to a large ice cap, reaching almost 300 m (984 ft) in certain spots.
Images for kids
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Mount Logan from the North East, as seen from Kluane Icefield
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Mount Logan climbing the knife ridge (east ridge). Photo by Christian Stangl (2009, flickr)
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Mount Logan 3D view
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