McArthur Peak
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McArthur Peak | |
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Geography | |
Location | Yukon, Canada |
Parent range | Saint Elias Mountains |
Topo map | NTS 115C/09 |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1961 |
Easiest route | glacier/snow/ice climb |
McArthur Peak is a peak in the Saint Elias Mountains of Yukon, Canada. The peak, 31st highest in the Yukon, sits 11 km NE of Mount Logan, the highest mountain in Canada. A secondary peak two kilometres to the east is known as McArthur East. The peak was named for James Joseph McArthur, a Dominion Land Surveyor who also made the first ascent of a Canadian peak over 10,000 ft (3047 m) — Mount Stephen in 1887.
The first ascent was made in 1961 from the Hubbard Glacier up the north ridge by Barbara Lilley, Alexander McDermott, Donald Monk, Seymour Ossofsky, George Wallerstein.[1]