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===Subsequent notable ascents and attempts=== [[File:Mount Logan Knife ridge, east ridge by Christian Stangl (flickr).jpg|thumb|A climber on the knife ridge (east ridge)]] * 1957 ''East Ridge''. Don Monk, Gil Roberts and three others (US) reached the East Peak on July 19 after a 24-day climb.<ref name=selters1>Selters pp. 170–171</ref><ref name=AAJ1958/> *1959 ''East Ridge'', second ascent and first [[Alpine style|alpine-style]] ascent, [[Hans Gmoser]] and five others (Canada). Starting from [[Kluane Lake]], they hiked and skied {{cvt|100|mi|order=flip}} to reach the base of the mountain. They climbed the ridge in six days and summited the East Peak on June 12.<ref name=AAJ1960/> * 1965 ''Hummingbird Ridge'' (South Ridge). Dick Long, [[Allen Steck]], John Evans, [[James Ricker Wilson|Jim Wilson]], Franklin Coale Sr., and Paul Bacon (US) over 30 days, mid-July to Mid-August. [[Fred Beckey]] remarked: "When they got back we just couldn't believe that they had climbed that thing. We didn't think they had a chance".<ref name="selters2">Selters pp. 179-182</ref> This climb is featured in ''[[Fifty Classic Climbs of North America]]''. As of 2023, the climb remains unrepeated. * 1967, July, the first traverse of Mt. Logan was made by Vin Hoemann and Will Harrison, starting at the "HubSew" ridge over the main summit. Team members Alexander Bittenbinder, David Shaw, and Edward Ward joined them via the East Ridge.<ref name=AAJ1968/> * 1967, August, the first ski descent of the mountain was made in two stages by [[Daniel C. Taylor]] main summit to the Kluane glacier <ref>Arctic Institute of North America Newsletter, November 1967</ref> * 1977 ''Warbler Ridge''. Dave Jones, Frank Baumann, Fred Thiessen, Jay Page (all from Canada) and Rene Bucher (Swiss) in 22 days.<ref name=scott>Scott pp. 319–320</ref> * 1978 '' West Ridge''. Steve Davis (WA), Jon Waterman, George Sievewright, Roger Hurt (NH). Climbed ridge in 27 days "capsule-style".<ref name=AAJ1979/> * 1979 ''Northwest Ridge'' Michael Down (CA), Paul Kindree, John Howe, Reid Carter and John Wittmayer climbed to the summit over 22 days, topping out on June 19.<ref name=AAJ1980_md/> * 1979 ''South-Southwest Ridge''. Raymond Jotterand (CA), Alan Burgess, Jim Elzinga and John Lauchlan reached the summit after 15 days of climbing on June 30 and July 1.<ref name=AAJ1980_rj/> * 1986 First winter ascent by Todd Frankiewicz, Willy Hersman, Steve Koslow, George Rooney, [[Vernon Tejas]] and John Bauman via the ''King’s Trench Route'' on March 16.<ref name=AAJ1987/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnfaic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ADN_Todd_Frankiewicz.pdf |title=Skier Took One Risk Too Many, Friends Say |last=Medred |first=Craig |date=1988-12-08 |website=Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |access-date= 2022-10-31}}</ref> * 1987 David Cheesmond and Catherine Freer disappeared while attempting to repeat the ''Hummingbird Ridge''.<ref name=AAJ1988/> Their bodies were not found until 2000. Due to the remoteness of ''Hummingbird Ridge'' and more crucially the precarious spot where the bodies are located, they have not been able to be recovered.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Whitehorse Daily Star: Climbers found |url=https://www.whitehorsestar.com/History/climbers-found |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=Whitehorse Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> * 1992 June 6, an expedition sponsored by the Royal Canadian Geographic Society confirmed the height of Mount Logan using GPS. The leader was Michael Schmidt, with Lisel Currie, Leo Nadeay, Charlie Roots, J-C. Lavergne, Roger Laurilla, [[Patrick Morrow]], Karl Nagy, Sue Gould, Alan Björn, Lloyd Freese, Kevin McLaughlin and Rick Staley.<ref name=CanGeo2017/> * 2005 late May. Three climbers from the [[Vancouver]]-based [[North Shore Rescue]] team became stranded on the mountain. A joint operation by Canadian and American forces rescued the three climbers and took them to [[Anchorage, Alaska]] for treatment of [[frostbite]].<ref name="acc"/> * 2017 May 23. 15-year-old Naomi Prohaska reached the summit, the youngest person to do so. She was part of a team led by her father.<ref name=cbc20170604>{{cite web |title=B.C. teen becomes youngest climber to reach Canada's highest peak |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/naomi-prohaska-mount-logan-youngest-ever-1.4145075 |access-date=June 4, 2017|publisher=CBC News |date=June 4, 2017}}</ref> * 2018 June 14. The first all-US veteran team reached the summit. The six-person team was unguided and part of the US non-profit organization Veterans Expeditions.<ref>{{cite web |title=US Veterans Summit Logan 2018 |url=https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/116353338/us-veterans-summit-logan-2018 |access-date=Jan 10, 2019|publisher=Mountain Project |date=Jan 10, 2019}}</ref> [[File:Mount Logan 3D version 1.gif|thumb|upright=1.1|Mount Logan 3D view]]
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