SUMMER DAYS ON ICE

Mount Logan, Kluane National Park, Yukon

The chance to sleep on ice a mile thick is just part of the appeal of visiting the icefields camp. Guests stay in comfortable domed bunkhouses clustered near the main lodge--a large Weatherhaven outfitted with running water, heaters, kitchen and dining tables. But the main attraction is Mount Logan. Icefield Discovery sits between the Kaskawulsh and Hubbard Glaciers, in direct view of Logan's entire north face. Though the camp lies at 2,500 metres--compared to Logan's 5,959 metres--and at least forty kilometres away, the mountain is so commanding that when the air is clear and windless you feel like you could stroll over to its base.