Mount Orville

Mt. Orville and other peaks in the Fairweather Range

NPS Photo

Elevation: 10,272 ft.

Name proposed to NPS by Senator Ernest Gruening in 1961 to honor Orville Wright (1871-1948) who, with his brother Wilbur, invented the airplane, a form of transportation that contributed greatly to the development of Alaska.

 

Successful Attempts

Date	Route	Climbers
4/1995	Unknown	Patrick Simmons, Phil Kauffmann both of Seattle, WA, and Steve Carroll of South Hampton, NH, successfully made the summit confirmed via radio (AAJ page 189 taken from the Glacier Bay and Wrangell-St. Elias National Parks and Preserve, Annual Mountaineering Report, 1995 by Rick Mossman, Yakutat District Ranger).
2006	South Ridge	Unknown

Summit Attempts

Date	Route	Climbers	Reason for turnaround
1991	South Ridge	Patrick Simmons and Phil Kaufman	Rotten snow and technical difficulties
6/16/1991	Southeast Ridge	Silas Wild and Sam Grubenhof	Weather and technical complications