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Blanshard Peak

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Topo map
  
NTC 92G/14

Prominence
  
170 m

First ascender
  
Don Munday

Parent range
  
Garibaldi Ranges

Elevation
  
1,550 m

Province
  
British Columbia

Mountain range
  
Garibaldi Ranges

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Location
  
British Columbia, Canada

First ascent
  
1918 P. James, Don Munday, M. Worsley

Easiest route
  
30 m of 5th class, 4th class scramble

Similar
  
Edge Peak, Middle Finger, Mount Crickmer, Mount Robie Reid, One Eye Peak

Blanshard Peak also known as The Blanshard Needle by local climbers is a distinctive rock pinnacle in Golden Ears Provincial Park that is visible from many places in the Lower Mainland. Named for the first governor of the colony of Vancouver Island, the name of the summit and area is the subject of some confusion due to the labeling of the entire Golden Ears Group on the published maps for the area. Mount Blanshard is the proper name of the Golden Ears massif, and later became attached by authors of climbing guides to the summit at the southern end of the group.

Map of Blanshard Peak, Maple Ridge, BC, Canada

References

Blanshard Peak Wikipedia