Mount Burstall | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,760 m (9,060 ft) [1] [2] |
Prominence | 245 m (804 ft) [3] |
Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
Coordinates | 50°46′10″N115°19′31″W / 50.76944°N 115.32528°W [4] |
Geography | |
Location | Alberta, Canada |
Parent range | Spray Mountains Canadian Rockies |
Topo map | NTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir [4] |
Geology | |
Rock age | Cambrian |
Rock type | Sedimentary rock |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1972 by M. Brown, I. Carruthers, C. Cobb, B.E. Seyforth [1] |
Easiest route | Difficult Scramble [2] |
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