North Twin

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North Twin
North Twin Peak
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height 3733  m
location Alberta (Canada)
Mountains Canadian Rockies
Dominance 8.5 km →  Mount Columbia
Notch height 733 m ↓  The Trench (3000 m)
Coordinates 52 ° 13 '30 "  N , 117 ° 26' 0"  W Coordinates: 52 ° 13 '30 "  N , 117 ° 26' 0"  W.
Topo map Columbia Icefield 83 C / 3
North Twin (Alberta)
North Twin
First ascent 1923 by WS Ladd and J. Monroe Thorington with guide Konrad Kain
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The North Twin (or North Twin Peak ) is a 3733  m (according to other sources 3719  m ) high mountain in Jasper National Park in the province of Alberta in Canada .

It is the third highest peak in the Canadian Rockies after Mount Robson and Mount Columbia .

North Twin Peak is located in the Sir Winston Churchill Range on the northeastern edge of the Columbia Ice Field . The associated mountain range was first named The Twins in 1898 by J. Norman Collie and Hugh Stutfield . The second peak is at 3556  m and is now called South Twin . The North Twin was first climbed in 1923 by WS Ladd and J. Monroe Thorington with guide Konrad Kain .

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