Northwest Territories

Cirque of the Unclimbables

Floor1,781 m5,843 ft

Depth: 613 m
Rim: 2,393 m
Length: 1.9 km
Tonight: -21°CFog · Wind 7 km/h W

Cirque of the Unclimbables is up to 613 m deep: the rim reaches 2,393 m and the floor 1,781 m, along 1.9 km.

All facts

Floor: 1,781 m

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3D map

Cirque of the Unclimbables 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Cirque of the Unclimbables terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Cirque of the Unclimbables elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Cirque of the Unclimbables weather

Today · Partly cloudy · -21 / -12°C (-6 / 10°F) · Wind 7 km/h W

Cirque of the Unclimbables forecast for about 2,393 m.

Today-21°-12°–7 km/h W
Sat-22°-13°–6 km/h W
Sun-17°-8°–4 km/h W
Mon-17°-12°1.6 mm6 km/h W
Tue-24°-13°0.1 mm5 km/h W
Wed-21°-18°–4 km/h W
Thu-17°-13°–3 km/h W
Fri-15°-13°0.2 mm6 km/h W
Sat-11°-7°0.6 mm7 km/h W
Sun-17°-17°1.7 mm7 km/h W

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°

13.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

27.5%

Steep, 30–45°

43.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

14.6%

Steeper than 30°: 58.5% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view: 1,935 m low point 794 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 26.7%Moss & lichen 24.6%Bare rock / sparse 23.9%Grassland 11.4%Trees 10.5%Water 2.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km of Cirque of the Unclimbables.

Summit list 4

1Mount Harrison Smith2,490 m 1.0 km SE
2Crescent Peak2,484 m 2.4 km ENE
3Mount Contact2,556 m 2.5 km WSW
4Mount Sir James MacBrien2,745 m 2.6 km N

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 63 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Collared Pika4
Hoary Marmot4
Larkspurleaf Monkshood4
Arctic Ground Squirrel4
Arctic Butterbur3
Wood Frog3

Where it sits

Where Cirque of the Unclimbables sits

Downloads

Cirque of the Unclimbables downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGCirque of the Unclimbables satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-26.

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-26)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · Wikipedia