Cirque of the Unclimbables aircraft. The Cirque's most famous peak is the Lotus Flower Tower featured in Fifty Classic Climbs of North America. The most notable view of the Cirque is visible from its southeast buttress. Other climbs include Mount Proboscis, Club International, and Middle Huey Spire. Cirque of the Unclimbables Cirque of the Unclimbables, located inside the Nahanni National Park Reserve, in the Northwest Territories, Canada, approximately west of Yellowknife, is a cluster of peaks and walls in the Mackenzie Mountains Natural Region. According to the tourism promotion authority of the government of Northwest Territories: In 1955, the mountaineer Arnold Wexler came across
Yellowknife According to Environment Canada, Yellowknife has the sunniest summer in the country, averaging 1,034 hours from June to August. The lowest temperature ever recorded in Yellowknife was on 31 January 1947, and the highest was on 16 July 1989. Yellowknife averages 2256.5 hours of bright sunshine per year or 43.5% of possible daylight hours, ranging from a low of 15.4% in December to a high of 63.0% in June. Due to its warm summer temperatures, Yellowknife is well below the Arctic tree line in stark contrast to areas further east in Canada on similar parallels. In 2014, Environment Canada ranked