Mount Quincy Adams

NPS Photo

Elevation: 13,650 ft.

Named by Lawrence Martin, U.S. Deptartment of State, in 1923 for John Quincy Adams (1767-1848). He was Secretary of State under President Monroe and President of the United States, and in the former capacity, negotiated the first treaty between the United States and Russia, establishing what would later become a part of the boundary between the United States and Canada.

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Successful Summits

Date	Route	Climbers
5/23/1962	Unknown	Scott Arighi, Dave Bohn, Hans Flachsmann-Rolfer, Arthur Maki, and Martin Mushkin
7/2/1973	Up the complete South Ridge, down the West Ridge	Dusan Jagersky, Greg Markov, and James Wickwire
5/2007	West Ridge	Louis Sass, Bryn Clark, Liz Hardwick, and Roger Yim (personal account)