Topo map NTS 82N/01 First ascent 1903 Province British Columbia Parent range Ottertail Range | Elevation 3,567 m Prominence 1,887 m Mountain range Ottertail Range | |
Listing Canada highest major peaks 36th
Canada most prominent peak 47th Location Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada Easiest route Southwest ridge of South Tower: hike/climb (Grade III, YDS 5.4) Similar Mount Sir Sandford, Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Mount Clemenceau, Mount Farnham, Mount Forbes | ||
Mount Goodsir (or the Goodsir Towers) is the highest mountain in the Ottertail Range, a subrange of the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia. It is located in Yoho National Park, near its border with Kootenay National Park. The mountain has two major summits, the South Tower (the higher summit) and the North Tower, 3,525 metres (11,565 ft).
Map of Mount Goodsir, Columbia-Shuswap A, BC, Canada
The mountain was named by James Hector in 1859 after two brothers, John Goodsir (a Professor of Anatomy at Edinburgh University) and H.D.S. Goodsir (a surgeon on the ship HMS Erebus).
The standard route on the South Tower is the southwest ridge, a straightforward but long climb (Grade III), which consists primarily of non-technical terrain, but includes short sections of narrow ridge graded YDS 5.4. Access to any route on either Tower requires a long hike.