Mount Vancouver
| Mount Vancouver | |
|---|---|
Canada most prominent peaks 9th | |
| Coordinates | 60°21′32″N 139°41′53″W / 60.358918°N 139.698032°W[2] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Vancouver Location in Alaska, United States and Yukon, Canada | |
| Location | USGS Mount Saint Elias B-5 |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | July 5, 1949[2] |
| Easiest route | Major Expedition |
Mount Vancouver is the
Alaska panhandle, while its northern side is in Kluane National Park and Reserve in the southwestern corner of Yukon, Canada. Mount Vancouver has three summits: north, middle, and south, with the middle summit being the lowest. The south summit, Good Neighbor Peak at 4,785 m (15,699 ft), straddles the international border while the north summit is slightly higher at 4,812 m (15,787 ft).[3]
The mountain was named by William Healey Dall in 1874 after George Vancouver, who explored the southeast coast of Alaska from 1792 to 1794.[2]
Notable Ascents
- 1949 North Buttress (northwest ridge): FA of mountain by William Hainsworth, Alan Bruce-Robertson, Bob McCarter, Noel Odell; with Walter Wood in support.[4]
- 1975 Northeast Ridge (to north peak), FA by Cliff Cantor, Bob Dangel, Paul Ledoux, Rob Milne, Hal Murray, Bob Walker, John Yates and Barton DeWolf.[5]
- 1977 West Face, FA by John Lauchlan, John Calvert, Trevor Jones and Mike Sawyer.[6]
See also
- List of mountain peaks of North America
- List of mountain peaks of Canada
- List of mountain peaks of the United States
- List of Boundary Peaks of the Alaska-British Columbia/Yukon border
References
- ^ a b "Mount Vancouver, Yukon Territory". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
- ^ a b c "Mount Vancouver". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
- ^ "True Location of Mount Vancouver". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
- ^ Scott p. 139
- ^
DeWolf, Barton (1976). "Mount Vancouver, Northeast Ridge". American Alpine Journal. 20 (50). New York, NY, USA: American Alpine Club: 462–463. ISBN 978-0-930410-73-5. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
- ^ Scott p. 318
- Sources
- Scott, Chic (2000). Pushing the Limits, The Story of Canadian Mountaineering. Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Rocky Mountain Books. ISBN 0-921102-59-3.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mount Vancouver.
- Mount Vancouver photo: Flickr
