Mount Rogers, British Columbia

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Rogers Peak
Mount Rogers (center left) from Rogers Pass

Mount Rogers (center left) from Rogers Pass

height 3169  m
location British Columbia (Canada)
Mountains Hermit Range > Selkirk Mountains
Dominance 12.7 km →  Mount Sir Donald
Coordinates 51 ° 21 '15 "  N , 117 ° 32' 23"  W Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '15 "  N , 117 ° 32' 23"  W
Mount Rogers, British Columbia (British Columbia)
Mount Rogers, British Columbia
First ascent July 31, 1896 by Phillip S. Abbott, George T. Little, and Charles S. Thompson

The Mount Rogers is a 3169  m high, glaciated mountain range in British Columbia and is located in Glacier National Park north of Rogers Pass . The massif culminates in Rogers Peak , the highest point in the Hermit Range which belongs to the Selkirk Mountains . In addition to Rogers Peak, the roughly 2 km long, jagged ridge also has these peaks:

  • Fleming Peak ( 3150  m ) (to the northwest of the main peak)
  • Grant Peak ( 3110  m )
  • Swiss Peak ( 3167  m )
  • Truda Peak ( 3050  m ) (from the highest point in the west to the east)

The Tupper Glacier is located southeast of the massif .

Like the pass, the massif and the summit are named after the discoverer of the pass, the surveyor AB Rogers . The first ascent was on July 31, 1896 by Phillip S. Abbott, George T. Little and Charles S. Thompson.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Rogers Peak on bivouac.com (English)
  2. Fleming Peak on bivouac.com (English)
  3. Grant Peak on bivouac.com (English)
  4. Truda Peak on bivouac.com (English)