Mount Logan

Saint Elias Mountains · Yukon · Canada · 5,959 m

About Mount Logan

Mount Logan, elevation 5,959 m, is Canada’s highest mountain and the second-tallest peak in North America; it lies in Yukon’s Kluane National Park and Reserve in the St. Elias Range.

Mount Logan is the highest mountain in Canada, and the second-highest peak in North America after 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 located within Kluane National Park and Reserve in southwestern Yukon, less than 40 kilometres north of the Yukon–Alaska border.

Mount Logan, elevation 5,959 m, is Canada’s highest mountain and the second-tallest peak in North America; it lies in Yukon’s Kluane National Park and Reserve in the St. Elias Range. (The Canadian Encyclopedia) The mountain is surrounded by the St. Elias Icefields, and Parks Canada identifies it as a major summit of the Icefield Ranges. (Parks Canada)

Documented mountaineering milestones

1925 — First ascent of Weak Peak and High Peak by a joint Canadian–U.S. expedition: Led by Albert H. MacCarthy
1950 — Second ascent of Mount Logan’s central/highest summit: Norman H. Read and André Roch
1987 — First winter ascent via the King Trench: Todd Frankiewicz, Willy Hersman, Steve Koslow, George Rooney, Vernon Tejas, and John Bauman

Routes and approaches

Recognised expeditions into the Icefield Ranges commonly use aircraft access to a glacier landing site, while ascents of the taller mountains involve extensive glacier travel and typically take about 10 days to three weeks depending on the route. (Parks Canada)

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Sources and provenance

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Page reviewed 2026-08-17.