Starshape Mountain
(Elevation 4650'; Latitude/Longitude 58.9682° -63.6266°, Map 14L13, UTM 639365)

Topographic Map of Starshape: Click for map.

Starshape Mountain Photo: Geological Survey of Canada (1982)

Route: Starshape Brook Couloir (from the McCormick River valley) John Andrachuk (solo), 1978, first ascent. This is thought to be the first ice climb of any peak in the Torngats. John forded the McCormick about a half mile upstream (north) of the base camp, crossed Cirque Brook and traversed the extremity of Starshapes south-west ridge and then started working his way up Starshape Brook. Starshape Brook headed into the kind of ice-gully John was looking for. The couloir at the far right margin of the picure is thought to be the route John climbed. After about 30 rope lengths of climbing on excellent ice, starting from about 2700', he attained the fractured rock on the south-east ridge. He then scrambled up the few hundred feet remaining to the summit, moving first north-west and then due west. He raised a small cairn. He returned to camp via the same route arriving at 21:00 after a 12 hour day. (1978 Torngat Mountain Expedition, A Report to the Newfoundland Dept. of Tourism, Ray Chipeniuk, 1979.)