Mount Kitchener

Mount Kitchener

Mount Kitchener at dawn from the Icefields Parkway
Highest point
Elevation 3,505 m (11,499 ft) [1]
Prominence 280 m (920 ft) [2]
Coordinates 52°13′03″N 117°19′12″W / 52.21750°N 117.32000°W / 52.21750; -117.32000Coordinates: 52°13′03″N 117°19′12″W / 52.21750°N 117.32000°W / 52.21750; -117.32000 [2]
Geography
Mount Kitchener

Alberta, Canada

Parent range Winston Churchill Range
Topo map NTS 83C/03 Columbia Icefield
Climbing
First ascent 1927 by Alfred J. Ostheimer, guided by Hans Fuhrer
Easiest route rock/snow climb

Mount Kitchener is a mountain located within the Columbia Icefield of Jasper National Park, which is part of the Canadian Rockies. The mountain can be seen from the Icefields Parkway (highway 93) near Sunwapta Pass.

Mt. Kitchener was originally named Mount Douglas by J. Norman Collie after David Douglas. In 1916, the mountain was renamed to its present-day name after Lord Kitchener, who had just been killed in World War I.[1]

Routes

Notable ascents

References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Kitchener". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  2. 1 2 "Mount Kitchener". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
  3. ↑ Lowe, Jeff (1976). "The Cold Dance Review". American Alpine Journal. New York, NY, USA: American Alpine Club. 20 (50): 326–333.


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