Named by La Perouse (1797, v. 2, p. 219) about July 2, 1786, for Gen. Louis des Balbes de Berton, Duke of Crillon, 1543-1615, "who distinguished himself at Lepanto and fought for Henri III and Henri IV" (Farquhar, 1959, p. 215).
"For the ascent of the mountain was by no means the sole objective. Richard Goldthwait, a young geologist, took ice-depth soundings on South Crillon Glacier, above the expedition’s base camp, determining that the glacier was 840 feet think. It was the first time anyone has successfully measured the ice thickness of an Alaskan glacier. Members of the expedition also measured the speed of the glacier, discovering that it was moving at a rate of up to two inches per hour--and that movement was significantly faster on clear days than on rainy days.”
- Exploring the Unknown, Historic Diaries of Bradford Washburn’s Alaska/Yukon Expeditions. Bradford Washburn March 2001.
Harvard-Dartmouth Mount Crillon Expedition- Bradford Washburn, Adams Carter (Waldo Holcombe, Howard Kellogg, Edward Streeter, Henry Woods were support but did not summit)
6/9/1972
West Ridge
Loren and Marsha Adkins, Richard Benedict, Jerry Buckley, and Bruce Tickell
7/20/1978
West Ridge
Terry Cline, Dave Dahl, Bruce Tickell, and Walter Vennum
