Mount Joffre
Appearance
Mount Joffre | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,450 m (11,320 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 1,505 m (4,938 ft)[2] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 50°31′40″N 115°12′30″W / 50.52778°N 115.20833°W[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Alberta–British Columbia border, Canada |
Parent range | Elk Range, Canadian Rockies |
Topo map | NTS 82J/11 |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1919 by Joseph Hickson, guided by Edward Feuz jr.[1] |
Easiest route | rock/snow climb |
Mount Joffre is a mountain located on the Continental Divide, in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta, and Elk Lakes and Height of the Rockies Provincial Parks in British Columbia. The mountain was named in 1918 by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey after Marshal Joseph Joffre, commander-in-chief of the French Army during World War I.[1]
The normal climbing route (UIAA class II) is via the north face, which is covered by the Mangin Glacier.[1]
See also
Further reading
• Dave Birrell, 50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies, P 108
• Alan Kane, Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies – New Edition
• Aaron Cameron, Matt Gunn, Hikes Around Invermere & the Columbia River Valley, P 179
References
The 11,000ERS of the Canadian Rockies pg.212
- ^ a b c d e "Mount Joffre". PeakFinder. Retrieved 2004-08-04.
- ^ "Mount Joffre". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.