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Kinnerly Peak

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Topo map
  
USGS Kintla Peak, MT

First ascent
  
1937

First ascender
  
Norman Clyde

Parent range
  
Livingston Range

Elevation
  
3,031 m

Prominence
  
446 m

Mountain range
  
Livingston Range

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Location
  
Flathead County, Montana, U.S.

Easiest route
  
class 4 or easy Class 5

Similar
  
Kintla Peak, Mount Logan, Blackfoot Mountain, Rainbow Peak, Mount Stimson

Kinnerly Peak (9,949 ft (3,032 m)) is located in the Livingston Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. It is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Kintla Peak, the highest peak in the Livingston Range, and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the Canada–United States border. Both peaks are in the remote northwest corner of the park. Kinnerly Peak is the eighth tallest peak in Glacier National Park.

Map of Kinnerly Peak, Montana 59936, USA

Kinnerly Peak is notable for its huge north face, which rises steeply from Upper Kintla Lake. From the lake to the summit is an elevation gain of 5,573 feet (1,699 m) in approximately a horizontal 1 mile (1.6 km).

The first recorded ascent of Kinnerly Peak was made by a Sierra Club party led by the noted mountaineer Norman Clyde, in 1937. The standard climbing route ascends the northwest face, starting from the south shore of Upper Kintla Lake. It involves a large amount of elevation gain, mostly by scrambling, but with some exposed and mildly technical sections (Class 4 or easy Class 5). Other routes exist on the southeast and southwest faces.

References

Kinnerly Peak Wikipedia