Cirque of the Unclimbables , located inside the Nahanni National Park Reserve , in the Northwest Territories , Canada, approximately 500 km (311 mi) west of Yellowknife , is a cluster of peaks and walls in the Mackenzie Mountains Natural Region.
5-553: Lotus Flower Tower is a peak in the Cirque of the Unclimbables , Northwest Territories , Canada . The tower is on a ridge one kilometre to the southwest of Mount Sir James MacBrien , and though the tower is not prominent in relation to surrounding peaks, it is noted for its sheer rock walls which are home to classic multi-pitch climbing routes. The first ascent was made by William J. Buckingham and party on July 16, 1960, via
10-674: A must for every serious climber - is the Lotus Flower Tower , featured in Fifty Classic Climbs of North America . The Vampire Spires are granite towers some 40 km away that challenge even the Cirque. True to their name, these ragged peaks were shaped by the last ice age, and are some of the highest in the Northwest Territories. Remote and towering cliffs and icefields challenge hikers and climbers. This
15-487: A traverse from "Tathagata Tower" along the ridge which connects Lotus Flower Tower to Mount Sir James MacBrien. The peak's second ascent and first ascent of the sheer 2200 foot southeast face was made in 1968 by Harthon "Sandy" Bill, Tom Frost , and James McCarthy. The first free ascent of the McCarthy-Frost-Bill route was completed by Steve Levin, Mark Robinson and Sandy Stewart in 1977. The striking route
20-556: Is the summer range of woodland caribou, mountain goats, Dall's sheep and bears. In 1955, the mountaineer Arnold Wexler came across this series of remote cliffs in the Logan Mountains, now part of Nahanni National Park Reserve. Frustrated by their sheer granite walls, he named the jagged monsters the Cirque of the Unclimbables. Access to the Cirque and the Ragged Range is by charter aircraft. The Cirque's most famous peak
25-568: Was recognized as one of the Fifty Classic Climbs of North America and has been called "one of the most aesthetically beautiful rock faces in the world". Cirque of the Unclimbables According to the tourism promotion authority of the government of Northwest Territories: A challenge for world class mountaineers, the Cirque is located in the Ragged Range, near Glacier Lake. The Cirque's most famous peak –
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