Mount Joffre

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Mount Joffre
Elevation 3,450 m (11,319 ft)
Location Flag of Alberta Alberta-Flag of British Columbia British Columbia
Flag of Canada Canada
Range Elk Range, Canadian Rockies
Coordinates 50°31′40″N 115°12′30″W / 50.52778, -115.20833
Topo map NTS 82J/11
First ascent 1919 by Joseph Hickson, guided by Edward Feuz jr.
Easiest route rock/snow climb

Mount Joffre is a mountain located on the Continental Divide, in the extreme southern tip of Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. 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.

The normal climbing route (UIAA class III) is via the north-east ridge up the north face, which is covered by the Mangin Glacier.

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