Easiest route snow/ice climb Prominence 547 m | Elevation 3,199 m | |
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Topo map USGS Mount Fairweather C-4 Quadrangle First ascent 1995 by Steve Carroll, Philip Kauffman and Patrick Simmons People also search for Mount Wilbur, Mount Crillon, Mount Fairweather | ||
Mount Orville is a high peak of the Fairweather Range, the southernmost part of the Saint Elias Mountains. It is included in Glacier Bay National Park. The peak is the lower of a pair of peaks, Mounts Wilbur and Orville, named after the Wright Brothers.
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Map of Mt Orville, Alaska 99826, USA
Though not a particularly high peak in absolute terms, Mount Orville does stand quite high above local terrain, due to its proximity to the ocean: the summit is only 7.5 miles from tidewater at the head of Lituya Bay to the southwest.
Ascents
The first summit by Steven Carroll, Philip Kauffman and Patrick Simmons was ill fated. The three climbers were killed in an avalanche, on the descent, that was caused by unseasonable changes in weather conditions.
In April 2012 professional mountaineer Florian Hill and Will Wacker attempted Mount Orville several times but had to cut off the expedition due bad weather.