Mount Bryce

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Mount Bryce
Mount Bryce (Canadian Rockies).JPG
North face of Mt. Bryce seen from Columbia Icefield
Highest point
Elevation 3,507 m (11,506 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 707 m (2,320 ft) [3]
Listing Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates 52°02′28″N117°19′49″W / 52.041111°N 117.330278°W / 52.041111; -117.330278 [4]
Geography
Canada British Columbia relief location map.jpg
Red triangle with thick white border.svg
Mount Bryce
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
District Kootenay Land District [5]
Parent range Park Ranges
Topo map NTS 83C3 Columbia Icefield [4]
Climbing
First ascent 1902 by James Outram and Christian Kaufmann [1]
Easiest route rock/snow/glacier climb
Mount Bryce from Mount Wilcox Mount Bryce.jpg
Mount Bryce from Mount Wilcox

Mount Bryce is a mountain at the southwestern corner of the Columbia Icefield, in British Columbia, Canada, near the border with Alberta. It can be seen from the Icefields Parkway.

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The mountain was named in 1898 by J. Norman Collie after Viscount James Bryce, who was President of the Alpine Club in London at the time. [1] [5]

Mount Bryce is the fifteenth-highest peak in British Columbia. [3] To the north, it is connected by ridges to the Columbia Icefield. The mountain is rarely climbed due to difficult access although recently built (test)logging roads are alleviating some of the access problems. [3]

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