This peak is #5 on the Height List for Yukon Territory . This peak is #64 in Prominence List for Yukon Territory . King Peak, located just off the west edge of the Mount Logan massif, is the fourth highest peak in Canada. It's a spectacular and technically demanding mountain that is rarely climbed. The mountain is named after William King who was a commissioner of the International Boundary Commission and director of the Dominion Obeservatory from 1890 to 1905. Allan Carpe, who was part of the first ascent party on Mount Logan, noted: "The most impressive views being of glorious King Peak, whose precipitous sides and terrible aretes would seem to defy hope of conquest."
