Located in Canada’s southwestern Yukon territory (just under 25 miles from the Alaska state line), Mount Logan is the tallest mountain in the country.
It’s also the second highest summit in North America, not to mention being recognized as having the largest base circumference of any mountain (volcanoes not included) on the planet.
Mount Logan is located in the 8,499 square mile Kluane National Park & Reserve, a vast wilderness of forests, glacier-fed rivers, ice fields, and dynamic landscapes. Wildlife in the park include caribou, moose, grizzly bears, Dall sheep, wolves, and more than 100 different species of birds.Mount Logan’s highest summit, Philippe Peak, has been calculated at 19,551 feet. It also has one other peak above 19,000 feet, the East Peak, as well as a half-dozen peaks over 18,000 feet and two over 17,000.
