Mount Robson
| Mount Robson | ||
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| height | 3954 m | |
| location | British Columbia ( Canada ) | |
| Mountains | Canadian Rockies | |
| Dominance | 459.52 km → Mount Waddington | |
| Notch height | 2819 m ↓ Yellowhead Pass (1140 m) | |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 6 '38 " N , 119 ° 9' 24" W | |
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| First ascent | not finally clarified | |
| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
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At 3954 m, Mount Robson is the highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies and, after Mount Waddington, the second highest mountain completely located in British Columbia . The mountain is in the Continental Ranges , there in the Rainbow Range , a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains that is bordered in the south by the upper reaches of the Fraser River . It is believed that the mountain was named after Colin Robertsen , a fur trader for the Hudson's Bay Company , in the 19th century . Other unofficial names for this mountain are: Cloud Cap Mountain , Snow Cap Mountain or the Shuswap name Yuh-hai-has-kun , which means The Mountain of the Spiral Road .
There are no easy-to-walk routes that lead to the summit, so only a handful of climbers reach this destination each year. In addition, the ascent is mostly impaired by bad weather conditions. The south side of the mountain is clearly visible from the Yellowhead Highway .
It has not yet been possible to conclusively determine who climbed Mount Robson first . Consider a 1909 expedition by George Kinney and Donald Phillips and one from 1913 that included William Wasbrough Foster , Konrad Kain, and Albert MacCarthy . They reached the summit on July 31, 1913. In the same year, Mount Robson Provincial Park surrounding the mountain was established.
Web links
- Mount Robson . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Mount Robson ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia .
- Mount Robson . In: Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia (English)
- Mount Robson on Peakbagger.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.spiralroad.com/sr/pn/r/robson_mount.html
- ^ Lindsay Elms: Albert H. (Mack) MacCarthy. Archived from the original on November 23, 2011 ; accessed on May 3, 2011 .
- ^ Chic Scott: Pushing the limits: the story of Canadian mountaineering . Rocky Mountain Books Ltd, 2000, ISBN 978-0-921102-59-5 , pp. 71 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed May 2, 2011]).