Mount Joffre (original) (raw)

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Mountain in Alberta/B.C., Canada

Mount Joffre
Mount Joffre in the distance
Highest point
Elevation 3,450 m (11,320 ft)[1]
Prominence 1,505 m (4,938 ft)[2]
Parent peak Mount Assiniboine (3616 m)[2]
Listing Mountains of AlbertaMountains of British ColumbiaCanada highest major peaks 43rdCanada prominent peaks 139th
Coordinates 50°31′41″N 115°12′24″W / 50.52806°N 115.20667°W / 50.52806; -115.20667[3]
Geography
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Country Canada
Provinces AlbertaBritish Columbia
Parent range Elk Range, Canadian Rockies
Topo map NTS 82J11 Kananaskis Lakes[3]
Climbing
First ascent 1919 by Joseph Hickson, guided by Edward Feuz jr.[1]
Easiest route rock/snow climb

Mount Joffre is a mountain located on the Continental Divide, in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta, and Elk Lakes and Height of the Rockies Provincial Parks in British Columbia.[3] The mountain was named in 1918 by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey after Marshal Joseph Joffre, commander-in-chief of the French Army during World War I.[1]

The normal climbing route (UIAA class II) is via the north face, which is covered by the Mangin Glacier.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Joffre". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2004-08-04.
  2. ^ a b "Mount Joffre". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  3. ^ a b c "Mount Joffre". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  4. ^ Corbett, Bill (2004). The 11,000ERS of the Canadian Rockies. Rocky Mountain Books. pp. 212–213. ISBN 9781897522400.
  5. ^ "Topographic map of Mount Joffre". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-10-31.