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Cirque of the Unclimbables, located inside[1] the Nahanni National Park Reserve, in the Northwest Territories, Canada, approximately Шаблон:Convert west of Yellowknife, is a cluster of peaks and walls in the Mackenzie Mountains Natural Region.

Description

According to the tourism promotion authority of the government of Northwest Territories: Шаблон:Quote

History

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

Access to the Cirque and the Ragged Range is by charter aircraft.

Lotus Flower Tower and other climbs

The Cirque's most famous peak is the Lotus Flower Tower[2] featured in Fifty Classic Climbs of North America. The most notable view of the Cirque is visible from its Шаблон:Convert southeast buttress.Шаблон:Citation needed Other climbs include Mount Proboscis, Club International, and Middle Huey Spire.

See also

References

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