Abruzzi Ridge (Mount Saint Elias)
The Abruzzi Ridge is a mountaineering route on Mount Saint Elias, ascending the north (Yukon) side of the mountain. It was first climbed by Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi in 1897, and named in his honor.[1] Although listed in the influential guidebook Fifty Classic Climbs of North America,[2] the route is rarely climbed today due to glacial changes and the danger of icefall avalanches from the northeast face.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Mount Saint Elias". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
- ↑ Roper, Steve; Steck, Allen (1979). Fifty Classic Climbs of North America. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. pp. 5–8. ISBN 0-87156-292-8.
- ↑ "Why These Climbs?". LAMountaineers.org. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
- ↑ Tyson Bradley (1998). "Mt. Newton, Ski Descent, and Mt. St. Elias, Attempt". American Alpine Journal 40 (72): 234. ISBN 978-0-930410-78-0.
Further reading
- Filippo de Filippi, Linda White Mazini Villari, Vittorio Sella (1900). The ascent of Mount St. Elias <Alaska>. Westminster: Archibald Constable. OCLC 4106021.
- "1897 Mount St. Elias". Account of the first ascent expedition
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