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Mount Kitchener

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Easiest route
  
rock/snow climb

First ascent
  
1927

Province
  
Alberta

Elevation
  
3,505 m

Prominence
  
280 m

Parent range
  
Winston Churchill Range

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Topo map
  
NTS 83C/03 Columbia Icefield

Mountain range
  
Canadian Rockies, Winston Churchill Range

Similar
  
North Twin Peak, Snow Dome, Mount Brazeau, Mount Andromeda, Mount Forbes

Time lapse last rays of light on mount kitchener


Mount Kitchener is a mountain located within the Columbia Icefield of Jasper National Park, which is part of the Canadian Rockies. The mountain can be seen from the Icefields Parkway (highway 93) near Sunwapta Pass.

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Map of Mount Kitchener, Improvement District No. 12, AB, Canada

Mt. Kitchener was originally named Mount Douglas by J. Norman Collie after David Douglas. In 1916, the mountain was renamed to its present-day name after Lord Kitchener, who had just been killed in World War I.

Routes

  • SouthWest Slopes (Normal Route) I
  • Grand Central Couloir V 5.9
  • Ramp Route V 5.8
  • Notable ascents

  • 1975 Grand Central Couloir (V 5.9 WI5 1050m) by Jeff Lowe and Michael Weis (August 1975)
  • References

    Mount Kitchener Wikipedia