Mount Vancouver

This article is about the mountain in Canada and the United States. For the mountain in New Zealand, see Mount Vancouver (New Zealand).

Mount Vancouver
West aspect
Highest point
Elevation	4,812 m (15,787 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence	2,692 m (8,832 ft) [1]
Listing	North America highest peaks 15th North America prominent peak 26th Canada highest major peaks 7th Canada most prominent peaks 9th Ultra
Coordinates	60°20′04″N139°41′33″W / 60.3344939°N 139.6923631°W / 60.3344939; -139.6923631 [3]
Geography
Mount Vancouver Location in Alaska Show map of Alaska Mount Vancouver Location in Yukon Show map of Yukon
Location	Yukon, Canada / Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska, United States
Parent range	Saint Elias Mountains
Topo maps	NTS 115B5 Mount Vancouver [4] USGS Mount Saint Elias B-5
Climbing
First ascent	July 5, 1949 [3] [5]
Easiest route	Major Expedition

Mount Vancouver is the 15th highest mountain in North America. Its southern side lies in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve at the top of the Alaska panhandle, while its northern side is in Kluane National Park and Reserve in the southwestern corner of Yukon, Canada. Mount Vancouver has three summits: north, middle, and south, with the middle summit being the lowest. The south summit, Good Neighbor Peak at 4,785 m (15,699 ft), straddles the international border while the north summit is slightly higher at 4,812 m (15,787 ft). ^[2]

The mountain was named by William Healey Dall in 1874 after George Vancouver, who explored the southeast coast of Alaska from 1792 to 1794. ^[3]

Notable Ascents

• 1949 North Buttress (northwest ridge): FA of mountain by William Hainsworth, Alan Bruce-Robertson, Bob McCarter, Noel Odell; with Walter Wood in support. ^{[6] [5]}
• 1975 Northeast Ridge (to north peak), FA by Cliff Cantor, Bob Dangel, Paul Ledoux, Rob Milne, Hal Murray, Bob Walker, John Yates and Barton DeWolf. ^[7]
• 1977 West Face, FA by John Lauchlan, John Calvert, Trevor Jones and Mike Sawyer. ^[8]

See also

• North America portal
• Alaska portal
• Canada portal
• Mountains portal

• List of mountain peaks of North America
  • List of mountain peaks of Canada
  • List of mountain peaks of the United States
• List of Boundary Peaks of the Alaska-British Columbia/Yukon border

References

1. "Mount Vancouver, Yukon Territory". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
2. "Mount Vancouver". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
3. "Mount Vancouver". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2025-09-13.
4. "Mount Vancouver". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2025-09-13.
5. "Success on Mt. Vancouver". American Alpine Journal . 7 (3). American Alpine Club: 354. 1949. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
6. Scott p. 139
7. DeWolf, Barton (1976). "Mount Vancouver, Northeast Ridge". American Alpine Journal. 20 (50). New York, NY, USA: American Alpine Club: 462–463. ISBN   978-0-930410-73-5 . Retrieved 2019-08-22.
8. Scott p. 318

Sources

• Scott, Chic (2000). Pushing the Limits, The Story of Canadian Mountaineering . Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Rocky Mountain Books. ISBN   0-921102-59-3.

External links

• Mount Vancouver photo: Flickr