Mount Smythe

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Mount Smythe
Elevation 3,246 m (10,650 ft)[1]
Location Flag of Alberta Alberta Flag of Canada Canada
Range Sir Winston Churchill Range
Coordinates 52°21′20″N 117°28′30″W / 52.35556, -117.475
Topo map NTS 83C/06
First ascent 1951 by Gil Roberts, Chuck Wilts, Ellen Wilts[1]
Easiest route rock/snow climb

Mount Smythe is a mountain in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.

It is located in the Sir Winston Churchill Range, 2 km (1 mi) southwest of Gong Peak and 1 km (1 mi) north of Mount Nelson. It reaches a height of 3,246 m (10,650 ft).

The mountain was named after Francis Sydney Smythe, an international mountaineer who climbed in the Himalaya, Alps and the Canadian Rockies.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b PeakFinder. Mount Smythe. Retrieved on 2007-09-02.