What is King Peak?
{{Infobox mountain | name = King Peak | photo = King Peak 600x450.jpg | photo_caption = | elevation_m = 5173 | elevation_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite web|url=http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=235|title=King Peak|work=Bivouac.com|accessdate=2010-05-01}}</ref> | prominence_m = 1073 | prominence_ref= <ref name=bivouac/> | listing = | location = [[Yukon|Yukon, Canada]] | range = [[Saint Elias Mountains]] | map = Canada Yukon | range_coordinates = | coordinates = {{coord|60|34|59|N|140|39|14|W|type:mountain_region:CA-YK_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref=<ref name=bivouac/> | topo = [[National Topographic System|NTS]] 115C/10 | first_ascent = 6 June 1952, by Keith Hart and Elton Thayer | easiest_route = glacier/snow/ice climb }} '''King Peak''' (or '''Mount King''') is the fourth highest [[mountain]] in [[Canada]]. It is also the ninth highest peak in [[North America]]. It is located just west of [[Mount Logan]], and is considered a one of the outlying peaks of that massive mountain. The first people to climb King Peak were some students from the [[University of Alaska]], in 1952. They climbed from the foot of Quartz Ridge, where most of their supplies had been dropped in by a plane. They reached Camp 2, on the west ridge, on 3 June. They waited two days for a storm to pass, and then two of them set out for the summit, while a third had to stay in camp because of a knee injury. They reached the top on 6 June.<ref name=scott>{{cite book| last = Scott| first = Chic| title = Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering | url = https://archive.org/details/pushinglimitssto0000scot| publisher = Rocky Mountain Books | location = Calgary | year = 2000 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/pushinglimitssto0000scot/page/141 141]–142 | isbn = 0-921102-59-3}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Canada-stub}} [[Category:Mountains of Yukon]]