Cirque References and Links

AAJ References:

• The Logan Mountains, Northwest Territories by Arnold Wexler, 1956 American Alpine Journal - the classic article by the man who named the place.
• The Logan Mountains, 1960 by William J. Buckingham, 1961 American Alpine Journal - the prolific expedition that climbed 28 peaks over a one month period.
• The Southeast Face of Proboscis by James P. McCarthy, 1964 American Alpine Journal - the historic first ascent of this wilderness big wall.
• The Wall of Forgetfulness, Lotus Flower Tower, Logan Mountains by Harthon H. Bill, 1969 American Alpine Journal - Lotus Flower Tower SE face first ascent.
• A Logan Adventure by Galen Rowell, 1974 American Alpine Journal - Galen Rowell's second trip into the Cirque.
• The Great Canadian Knife - Logan Mountains by Galen Rowell, 1993 American Alpine Journal - Galen Rowell's third trip into the Cirque.
• Cirquetry by Jonathan Copp, 2002 American Alpine Journal - "Trundles from God and other tales of Speed and Freedom in the Cirque of the Unclimbables, Yukon Territory".

Other Printed References:

• Fifty Classic Climbs of North America - out of print. Used copies can be purchased but not cheaply.
• Climbing #131 (Apr/May 1992). My original article.
• The 1996 Canadian Alpine Journal (Volume 79) - published by the Alpine Club of Canada. This is basically a printed version of my web guide, together with Martin Roos' Trip Report.
• Tungsten John (New Star Books): "Being an Account of Some Inconclusive but Nonetheless Informative Attempts to Reach the South Nahanni River by Foot and Bicycle", by John Harris (includes trail notes by Vivien Lougheed). This book contains information on hiking into the Cirque.
• The Face : Six Great Climbing Adventures by Richard Else and Brian Hall: Contains an account of free climbing the Proboscis (route 13a) by Nancy Feagin and Barry Blanchard.
• Vampire Spires: see Climbing #153 (June 15-August 1, 1995) and Climbing #187 (August 1, 1999), also search the Climbing Magazine web site for more recent info. The Vampire Spires are 15 miles northwest of the Cirque of the Unclimbables and are not covered by this web guide.

Transportation Links:

• Major Carriers
• Air Canada
• First Air
• Air Tindi
• Greyhound Canada runs along the Alaska Highway.
• Air Charters/ Backcountry Access
• Inconnu Lodge This excellent lodge is accessible only by air. It is 87 miles west of The Cirque. Owners: Warren and Anita LaFave.
• Kluane Airways Ltd. , closely connected with the Inconnu Lodge.
• Wolverine Air, based in Fort Simpson.
• River Outfitters
• Black Feather Wilderness Tours Arctic Adventures
• Nahanni River Adventures & Whitewolf Adventure Expeditions
• Nahanni Wilderness Adventures

Miscellanous Links:

• 15 minute video of Beth Rodden, Tommy Caldwell, Arnaud Petit and Stephanie Bodet climbing the Lotus Flower Tower in 2005 (from Petzl).
• Info at www.mountainproject.com
• Nahanni National Park
• Yukon Web Tons of info on the Yukon, useful if you approach from that direction.
• Fort Simpson Home Page
• Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia , general geographical information (maps, trip reports, fee based)
• North American Tungsten operates the tungsten mine 25 miles SW of the Cirque.