Mount Bertha

Mount Bertha

NPS Photo

Elevation: 10,204 ft.

USGS claims it was named after S.S. Bertha, Alaska Commercial Co. steamer in service from 1888–1915, published in 1910 by USC&GS on Chart 8306. However according to Bradford Washburn of the Museum of Science, this feature was named for a prostitute in Skagway who knew members of the party that surveyed the area.

 

Successful Summits

Date	Route	Climbers
6/30/1940	Unknown	Bradford Washburn, Barbara Washburn, Maynard Miller, Michl Feuersinger, Thomas Winship (Alva Morrison, Lee Wilson, and Lowell Thomas were a part of the party but did not summit)
7/25/1972	via the West-Southwest Ridge	Larry Nielson and Dusan Jagersky
7/14/1982	Northeast Ridge (supported from kayak through Reid Glacier)	Kevin Haberl, Peter Mair, Bruce Blackwell, and James Haberl
5/24/1997	Kayaked from Bartlett Cove to Reid Glacier	Mike Dziobak

Summit Attempts

Date	Route	Climbers	Reason for turnaround
1980	Unknown	Loren Adkins, Tom Distler, and Paul Barnes	Unknown
8/9/1984	Skied up Reid Glacier	Brian Casey	Unknown
4/1996	East Ridge Col between Crillon and Bertha	Andy Ferguson, Scott Visher, and Toby Wheeler	Unknown
6/1/1996	Unknown	Tim Baldwin, “Chipotle” Charlie Kiblinger, Brad Hopp, Tim Kelley, and Len Zanni	Unknown