Tordrillo: Pioneer climbs and flights in the Tordrillo Mountains of Alaska, 1957-1997

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The Tordrillo Mountains sit down like whipped cream on dessert 80 miles west of Anchorage, Alaska. Glaciers pour from all sides of their several 11,000 ft. summits. The range is 50 miles in length from the Skwentna River in the north to Lake Chakachamna i the south. Its width is 30 miles from Beluga Lake in the east to a pass in the west where the Skqwntna and in part the Nagishiamina rivers arise……….This book is a history of hiking in the Tordrillo Mountains. It’s not a guidebook, even if the authors talk of logistics and routes. Moderately it’s the story of all – or nearly all – the forays by climbers into the Tordrillos all through the 40 year period 1957-1997. We describe every venture, major peak by major peak. …The book may be a book about flying. Many Alaska pilots – including Lowell and Paul – have made landings in small airplanes on the large glaciers that fall from the peaks of the Tordrillos or upon snowfields or lakes near them……
An enchanting book for climbers – actual or armchair.

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