Bustle Tower

Bustle Tower
Highest point
Elevation	2,310 m (7,580 ft)
Prominence	90 m (300 ft)
Parent peak	Mount Meringue
Coordinates	62°06′06″N 127°42′03″W / 62.1018°N 127.7007°W / 62.1018; -127.7007
Geography
Country	Canada
Territory	Northwest Territories
Parent range	Mackenzie Mountains
Topo map	NTS 95L4 Mount Sir James MacBrien
Climbing
First ascent	July 27, 1973 by Galen Rowell and party
Easiest route	West Ridge

Bustle Tower is a peak in the Cirque of the Unclimbables, Northwest Territories, Canada. The peak is on a ridge 3 kilometers to the southeast of Mount Meringue, its parent, and has an elevation of 2310 meters.

Climbing history

In July of 1973, climbers Galen Rowell, Harthon Bill, and Joe Bridges completed a first ascent of Bustle Tower via its western ridge. Rowell described the peak as a "steep, pointed tower directly behind Terrace Tower" and they had previously identified the west ridge as a viable route with "ledges and plenty of cracks" to facilitate the ascent. The team ascended the majority of the peak over a period of two days using a mixture of free and aid climbing, followed by a traversal of a knife edge ridge to a false summit, then ultimately a final climb to the true summit of the tower.

Several years after the first ascent, climbers Jaques Collar, Jacques Ramouillet, and Renzo Lorenzi completed a second ascent of the peak in July of 1977 via the southeast face. That same year, a team led by Erich Lackner ascended the peak for the first time by the southeast dihedral route.

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