Kinnerly Peak, Mountain summit in Glacier National Park, Montana, US
Kinnerly Peak is a 9,949-foot summit in the Livingston Range of Glacier National Park, Montana, about 1 mile north of Kintla Peak and 3 miles south of the Canada–US border. Its north face drops steeply to Upper Kintla Lake, gaining 5,573 feet over roughly 1 horizontal mile.
The first recorded ascent was made in 1937 by a Sierra Club party led by mountaineer Norman Clyde. The standard route climbs the northwest face from the south shore of Upper Kintla Lake, gaining 5,573 feet (1,699 m) over about 1 mile (1.6 km) of scrambling with some exposed Class 4 or easy Class 5 sections. Other routes exist on the southeast and southwest faces.
The name Kinnerly echoes that of neighbouring Kintla Peak, one mile to the south; both stand in the remote northwest corner of Glacier National Park, three miles from the Canada–US border. The peak's standard route, the northwest face from Upper Kintla Lake, was first climbed in 1937 by a Sierra Club party led by Norman Clyde.
Climbers reach the summit via the northwest face from Upper Kintla Lake, with technically demanding sections graded between Class 4 and Class 5. Proper preparation and experience with steep terrain are essential for this route.
Kinnerly Peak's north face drops about 5,573 feet (1,699 m) to Upper Kintla Lake in roughly 1 mile (1.6 km) of horizontal distance. The rock is Precambrian to Jurassic sedimentary stone, later pushed over younger Cretaceous layers by the Lewis Overthrust, a slab about 3 miles thick, 50 miles wide and 160 miles long.
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