Mount Tyrwhitt
Mount Tyrwhitt is a mountain in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada located between Highway 40 and Elk Pass in the Elk Range of the Canadian Rockies, west of the Highwood Pass parking lot in Kananaskis Country and south east of Upper Kananaskis Lake. Located on the Continental Divide, it is also therefore on the border between British Columbia and Alberta which follows the Divide in this area.
Mount Tyrwhitt | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,874 m (9,429 ft)[1][2][3] |
Prominence | 216 m (709 ft)[4] |
Parent peak | Mount Pocaterra (2941 m)[4] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 50°34′56″N 115°00′58″W[5] |
Geography | |
Mount Tyrwhitt Location in eastern British Columbia Mount Tyrwhitt Mount Tyrwhitt (Alberta) | |
Country | Canada |
Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
District | Kootenay Land District[5] |
Parent range | Elk Range |
Topo map | NTS 82J11 Kananaskis Lakes[5] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1915 by the Interprovincial Boundary Commission[4] |
Easiest route | Scramble (Moderate)[3] |
The mountain was named in 1918 after First Admiral Reginald Tyrwhitt, a senior officer in the Royal Navy during the First World War.[5]
Gallery
- Mount Tyrwhitt from Kananaskis Trail
References
- Kananaskis Lakes (Map). 1:50,000. Cochrane, AB: Gem Trek Publishing. 1998. § D5. ISBN 1-895526-24-8. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- "Mount Tyrwhitt". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
- Kane, Alan (2016). "Mount Tyrwhitt". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies (3rd ed.). Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. Kindle Edition. ISBN 978-1-77160-098-9.
- "Mount Tyrwhitt". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
- "Mount Tyrwhitt". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
External links
- "Mount Tyrwhitt". Peakware.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
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