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Mount Sir Alexander  British Columbia . Value: 23
Height: 3275 m (10745 ft) Prominence?: 1762 m above Beaverdam Pass
Line Parent?: Mount Chown(88 km away, at bearing 133 degrees)
Location: 53:56:09-120:23:13   53.93583-120.38695   10U 671529 5979545     NAD27: 10U 671536 5979329
NTS Map: 093.H.16 (44 km NE of Crescent Spur).
Name Status: Official
Ranges: Rocky Mountains / Canadian Rockies / Hart Ranges / Sir Alexander Group
Regions: Athabasca Peace / Kakwa Park / Sir Alexander

First Ascent: 1929 Andrew Gilmour
Sir Alexander North/ Northwest Face
This peak is #68 on the Height List for British Columbia . This peak is #48 in Prominence List for British Columbia . At 10700 feet, Mt Sir Alexander is truly an impressive peak. The surrounding massif encompasses a sizable range of peaks but Alex proper dominates. The lower half of the peak forms steep bastion like walls which lead up to a huge hanging glacier. Rising from the top of these walls and up from the glacier rises the looming summit of Alex. Exposure to falling debris is severe on most all routes.

Name Notes: Mount Kitchi adopted in 1915, later changed to Mount Alexander Mackenzie in 1916, then changed again to Mount Sir Alexander im 1917, after Alexander Mackenzie.

Trip Reports 

Subject Photos   View Thumbnails
19 Sir Alexander North/ Northwest Face John Scurlock
15 Mount Sir Alexander From Southwest Lyle Knight
9 Mount Sir Alexander Massif Ross Sturgeon
7 Sir Alexander in Winter Bill Kerr
5 Sir Alexander, South-Southeast Face John Scurlock
4 Mt.Sir Alexander from Distant South David Campbell

Placename Photos
6 Kakwa Park: Obelisk Peak and Mt Sir Alexander proper Ross Sturgeon

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