Mount Meringue

Mount Meringue
Highest point
Elevation2,590 m (8,500 ft)
Prominence140 m (460 ft)
Parent peakMount Proboscis
Coordinates62°06′20″N 127°43′16″W / 62.1055°N 127.7212°W / 62.1055; -127.7212
Geography
Country
Canada
Territory
Northwest Territories
Parent rangeMackenzie Mountains
Topo mapNTS 95L4 Mount Sir James MacBrien
Climbing
First ascentJuly 12, 1960, William J. Buckingham and party

Mount Meringue is a peak in the Cirque of the Unclimbables, Northwest Territories, Canada. The peak is on a ridge one kilometre to the north of Mount Proboscis and has an elevation of 2590 meters.

Climbing History

On July 12th, 1960 members of the Bill Buckingham party completed a first ascent of Mount Meringue as part of their expedition to the Cirque of the Unclimbables. The group ascended via the mountain's southeasterly ridge which separates it from neighboring Bustle Tower. Buckingham described the ridge as gradually steepening and leading into a ledge that allowed the group to traverse left onto the eastern face of the peak. Following this traversal, the group was able to ascend a series of chimneys to the upper snowfields of the peak whereby they were able to navigate the snowfield and several small ice chimmneys to the summit. From the summit of Mount Meringue, the team was able to observe the summit and an apparent route to the summit of the nearby Parrot Beak Peak, which the group would ultimately complete a first ascent of two days later.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Meringue". Bivouac.com. Retrieved August 25, 2026.
  2. ↑ Buckingham, William J. (1961). "The Logan Mountains, 1960". American Alpine Journal.