Mount Crillon

Mount Crillon
Mount Crillon Glacier Bay National Park, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, USA
Elevation	12,726 ft (3,879 m)
Prominence	7,214 ft (2,199 m)
Location
Range	Fairweather Range, Saint Elias Range
Coordinates	58°39′46″N 137°10′19″W / 58.66278°N 137.17194°W / 58.66278; -137.17194Coordinates: 58°39′46″N 137°10′19″W / 58.66278°N 137.17194°W / 58.66278; -137.17194
Topo map	USGS Mount Fairweather C-4 Quadrangle
Climbing
First ascent	1934 by Bradford Washburn, H. Adams Carter
Easiest route	West ridge: glacier/snow/ice/rock climb (Alaska Grade 4)

Mount Crillon is a high peak of the Fairweather Range, the southernmost part of the Saint Elias Range. It lies southeast of Mount Fairweather, in the promontory between the Gulf of Alaska and Glacier Bay. It is included in Glacier Bay National Park. The peak was named after Felix-Francois-Dorothee de Bretton, Comte de Crillon, by his friend, the French explorer Jean Francois de Galaup de la Perouse.

Location

Mount Crillon lies about 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Mount Fairweather. It is near the southern end of the Fairweather Range (only one 10,000 foot (3,050m) peak lies south of it, Mount La Perouse). It is 10 miles (16 km) due east of the head of Lituya Bay, a small inlet of the Gulf of Alaska (itself part of the Pacific Ocean). The North and South Crillon Glaciers flow west from the peak toward Lituya Bay. The La Perouse Glacier flows south from the peak. The north side of the peak forms the head of the southern branch of the Johns Hopkins Glacier, which empties into Johns Hopkins Inlet, off of Glacier Bay. To the east of the peak lies the large icefield which forms the head of the Brady Glacier, the southernmost of the large glaciers of the Saint Elias Range.

Notable Features

Mount Crillon is notable for its local relief, as it drops 9,000 feet (2,700 m) in less than 4 mi (6.4 km) on both its north and west faces. Also, due to its proximity to the ocean, it is often subject to harsh weather, which makes the name of the Fairweather Range quite ironic.

Climbing

The first ascent of Mount Crillon was in 1934, by famed explorer Bradford Washburn and longtime editor of the American Alpine Journal H. Adams Carter. It is not climbed frequently, since its difficulty is not matched by its elevation.

Notable ascents

• 1934 East Ridge above the Plateau, FA of peak, Bradford Washburn and H. Adams Carter,summit attained July 19, 1934.^[1]

See also

• Mountain peaks of Alaska
• Mountain peaks of North America
• Mountain peaks of the United States

Sources

Michael Wood and Colby Coombs, Alaska: A Climbing Guide, The Mountaineers, 2001.

References

1. ^ Washburn, Bradford (1995). "Mount Crillon - Sixty-One Years Ago". American Alpine Journal 1995 (Golden, CO, USA: American Alpine Club) 37 (69): 22–30. ISBN 0-930410-43-2. 

External links

• Mount Crillon on Topozone
• Mount Crillon on bivouac.com
• A page on La Perouse