Thorington Tower

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Thorington Tower
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Thorington Tower
Location in Alberta
Highest point
Elevation 3,155 m (10,351 ft) [1] [2] [3]
Prominence 275 m (902 ft) [2]
Parent peak Mount Smythe (3246 m) [2]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 52°21′27″N117°30′10″W / 52.35750°N 117.50278°W / 52.35750; -117.50278 [4]
Geography
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Protected area Jasper National Park
Parent range Winston Churchill Range
Topo map NTS 83C5 Fortress Lake [4]
Climbing
First ascent 1967 by Don Lashier and Charlie Raymond
Easiest route Rock/snow climb

Thorington Tower is a mountain in Alberta, Canada. [4] It is located near the north branch of Lynx Creek in Jasper National Park.

Mount Palmer lies 1½ km west of the tower. The mountain was named in 1967 after J. Monroe Thorington, an American ophthalmologist who climbed extensively in the Selkirks and the Canadian Rockies during the 1920s and 1930s. [1] First ascent was by Don Lashier and Charlie Raymond in September 1967. [2]

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References

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