Crescent Peak
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Crescent Peak is a peak in the Cirque of the Unclimbables, Northwest Territories, Canada. The peak is on a ridge 3 kilometers to the southeast of Mount Sir James MacBrien, its parent, and has an elevation of 2484 meters.
On July 7th, 1960, members of the Bill Buckingham party completed a first ascent of Crescent Peak as part of their expedition to the Cirque of the Unclimbables. The team ascended a southwest-facing couloir, then proceeded with a section of difficult rock climbing before ascending a large snow field on the mountain's western face. Buckingham reported that the team spent little time on the summit and described the descent as being "uneventful".
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