Mount Burgess
Mountain in Yoho NP, BC, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Mount Burges, a town in Australia.
Mount Burgess, 2,599 m (8,527 ft), is a mountain in Yoho National Park and is part of the President Range in the Canadian Rockies. It is located in the southwest buttress of Burgess Pass in the Emerald River and Kicking Horse River Valleys.
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Mount Burgess | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,599 m (8,527 ft)[1][2] |
Prominence | 418 m (1,371 ft)[3] |
Parent peak | Mount Field (2642 m)[3] |
Listing | Mountains of British Columbia |
Coordinates | 51°25′12″N 116°30′19″W[4] |
Geography | |
District | Kootenay Land District |
Parent range | President Range |
Topo map | NTS 82N7 Golden[4] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1892 by James J. McArthur and H. Tuzo[2][3] |
Easiest route | Scramble[5] |
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