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Lotus Flower Tower  Northwest Territories . Value: 7
Height: 2570 m (8432 ft) Prominence: 160 m  
Line Parent: Mount Sir James MacBrien(1 km away, at bearing 42 degrees)
Location: 62:06:52-127:41:50   62.11433-127.69733   9V 567971 6887600     NAD27: 9V 567974 6887399
NTS Map: 095.L.04 (33 km NE of Tungsten).
Name Status: Official
Ranges: MacKenzie Ranges / Selwyn Mountains / Logan Mountains / Cirque of the Unclimbables
Regions: Alaska Yukon / Yukon-Mackenzie Divide / Keele

First Ascent: 1960 Bill Buckingham party
Lotus Flower Tower
This peak needs no introduction. Unarguably the most beautiful buttress in the Cirque of the Unclimbables. It's located on the southwest ridge of Mount Sir James MacBrien.

Trip Reports
43 Cirque of the Unclimbables - The Forgotten Yosemite George Bell
31 Climbing the Lotus - Blitzkrieg(*) Style Mark Kroese
27 Sir James MacBrien Climbing Routes Route George Bell
14 Parrot Beak Climbing Routes Route George Bell
14 Tara Tower Climbing Routes Route George Bell
14 Huey''s Spires Climbing Routes Route George Bell
11 Lotus Flower Climbing Routes Route George Bell

Subject Trips

Journal Articles
Logan Mountains, N.W.T., 1955 Donald Hubbard 

Subject Photos   View Thumbnails
15 Lotus Flower Tower Ulysse Richard
11 Busle Tower Ulysse Richard
10 Lotus Flower Tower George Bell
6 Heli Photo Shot Ulysse Richard
6 Butle Tower-Club International Ulysse Richard

Placename Photos
11 Cirque of the Unclimbables Overview George Bell
10 Fairy Meadows Andrew Querner
7 Parrot Beak and Lotus Flower Andrew Querner

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