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Thorington Tower

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Location
  
Alberta, Canada

Easiest route
  
rock/snow climb

First ascent
  
1967

Province
  
Alberta

Topo map
  
NTS 83C/05

Elevation
  
3,155 m

Prominence
  
275 m

Mountain range
  
Winston Churchill Range

Thorington Tower

Parent range
  
Winston Churchill Range

Similar
  
Mount Engelhard, Mushroom Peak, Diadem Peak

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

Map of Thorington Tower, Improvement District No. 12, AB, Canada

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. First ascent was by Don Lashier and Charlie Raymond in September 1967.

References

Thorington Tower Wikipedia