Summary of Climbing in the St. Elias Mountains. Climbing activity in the St. Elias Mountains in 1977 was double that of the year before; a total of 98 climbers from 17 expeditions spent nearly 1900 man-days in the Icefield Ranges. The Arctic Institute of North America had a busy field season. Some 30 people took part in the HAPS program at the Logan High Camp. Professor G. Clark of the University of British Columbia continued his research on surging glaciers in the Lowell and Steele Glacier areas.

Ronald Frey, Park Warden, Kluane National Park