Mount Cordonnier

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Mount Cordonnier
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Aerial view of Mt. Cordonnier, second peak right of centre.
Highest point
Elevation 3,012 m (9,882 ft) [1] [2] [a]
Prominence 177 m (581 ft) [1] [b]
Parent peak Mount Mangin (3065 m) [1]
Listing
Coordinates 50°32′59″N115°13′56″W / 50.54972°N 115.23222°W / 50.54972; -115.23222 [5]
Geography
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Mount Cordonnier
Location in Alberta
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Mount Cordonnier
Location in British Columbia
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Mount Cordonnier
Location in Canada
Country Canada
Provinces Alberta and British Columbia
Topo map NTS 82J11 Kananaskis Lakes [5]
Climbing
First ascent 1930 Kate Gardiner, guided by Walter Fuez [6] [3]
Easiest route Scramble routes [4]

Mount Cordonnier is located north of Mount Joffre in Height of the Rockies Provincial Park and straddles the Continental Divide marking the Alberta-British Columbia border. [7] It was named in 1918 after General Victor Louis Emilien Cordonnier. [4] [3] [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Cordonnier". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  2. ↑ "Mount Cordonnier". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mount Cordonnier". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  4. 1 2 3 Kane, Alan (2008). Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies. Rocky Mountain Books. p. 169.
  5. 1 2 "Mount Cordonnier". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  6. ↑ Thorington, J. Monroe (1966) [1921]. "Elk Pass to South Kananaskis Pass". A Climber's Guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada. With the collaboration of Putnam, William Lowell (6th ed.). American Alpine Club. p. 17. ISBN   978-1376169003.
  7. ↑ "Mount Cordonnier". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2024-01-08.
Notes
  1. ↑ Other sources state 3021 m. [3] [4]
  2. ↑ Based on a summit elevation of 3012 m.
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