North America, United States, Alaska, Thompson Ridge Area and Granite Ridge

Publication Year: 1987.

Thompson Ridge Area and Granite Ridge. In addition to the mountains mentioned above in Kost’s report, the Poles climbed these peaks in the Thompson Ridge area: P 7394 via west ridge by Slawomir Maczynski and Andrzej Sobolewski and June 13; P 7401 via middle summit, which was reached by a ridge from the south, by Stanilaw Czerwinski and Zdzislaw Koslowski on June 15; P 6594 via south face by Krzysztof Konarski and Dariusz Naszynski on June 16: and P 7617 via east couloir, a snow route up to 50°, by Czerwinski, Maczynski, Andrzej Piekarczyk and Sobolewski on June 18. In the Granite Range, they ascended the following: P 6530 via south ridge by Piekarczyk and American Ole Kanestrom on June 13; P 6901 from the south and P 7212 via south ridge by Kozlowski and Sobolewski on June 26; P 6482 from the south by Naszynski and Piekarczyk on June 26; P 7560 via south face and P 7280 via south ridge by Pawel Kubalski and Maczynski on June 26; and P 8884 (highest peak in the Granite Range) via southwest ridge and P 8305 via west ridge by Kubalski and Maczynski on June 27. All were first ascents. These peaks may be found on US Geological Survey sheets Bering Glacier, C-4, C-5, D-4 and D-5.

Józef Nyka, Editor, Taternik, Poland