Abruzzi Ridge (Mount Saint Elias) Explained

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, the route is rarely climbed today due to glacial changes and the danger of icefall avalanches from the northeast face.^{[2] [3]}

Further reading

• Book: The ascent of Mount St. Elias . Filippo De Filippi . Filippo De Filippi (explorer) . Linda White Mazini Villari . Linda White Mazini Villari . Vittorio Sella . Vittorio Sella . Westminster: Archibald Constable . 1900 . 4106021 .
• Web site: 1897 Mount St. Elias . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629144209/http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Logan/en/index.php?%2Fmd%2Fclimb%2Fmtstelias1897 . 2011-06-29 . Account of the first ascent expedition

Notes and References

1. 274 . Mount Saint Elias . 2008-12-27.
2. Web site: Why These Climbs? . LAMountaineers.org . 2008-12-24.
3. Mt. Newton, Ski Descent, and Mt. St. Elias, Attempt . Tyson Bradley . 1998 . . 40 . 72 . 978-0-930410-78-0 . 234 .