Philip Smith Mountains, Brooks Range. Ellen Wood, Erich Hinze, Terry Rollerson, Evelyn Feller and I spent two weeks in August climbing in the most heavily glaciated portion of the Philip Smith Mountains near the head of Accomplishment Creek. We climbed P 8045, traversing over its three summits via the south ridge to the lowest (southwest) peak, then to the main summit and finally to the east summit. We found a cairn on the east summit but no signs of previous ascents on the other two. This appears to be the highest peak in the Philip Smith Mountains. We also made the following ascents: P 7400 (3 miles southwest of the large lake near the head of Accomplishment Creek) via the easy north glacier. A cairn was found on top; P 7800 (3.5 miles west of the lake) via the easy southeast ridge and subsidiary 6900-foot peak; P 7670 (whose north glacier drains into the very head of Accomplishment Creek) via the north glacier to the northeast ridge; P 7365 and P 7000 (at the head of the T-shaped glacier 2 miles south-southeast of P 7670) via that glacier directly up the east side of P 7365, then along the easy ridge to P 7000. Descent was via the T-shaped glacier on the north side of P 7000.

Michael Feller, British Columbia Mountaineering Club