Mount Tyrwhitt

Mount Tyrwhitt is a mountain in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, located between Highway 40 and Elk Pass in the Elk Range of the Canadian Rockies, west of the Highwood Pass parking lot in Kananaskis Country and south east of Upper Kananaskis Lake. Located on the Continental Divide, it is also therefore on the border between British Columbia and Alberta, which follows the Divide in this area.

Mount Tyrwhitt
Mount Tyrwhitt's north face with Grizzly col to the left
Highest point
Elevation	2,874 m (9,429 ft)[1][2][3]
Prominence	216 m (709 ft)[4]
Parent peak	Mount Pocaterra (2941 m)[4]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	50°34′56″N 115°00′58″W[5]
Geography
Mount Tyrwhitt Location in eastern British Columbia Show map of British Columbia Mount Tyrwhitt Mount Tyrwhitt (Alberta) Show map of Alberta
Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
District	Kootenay Land District[5]
Parent range	Elk Range
Topo map	NTS 82J11 Kananaskis Lakes[5]
Climbing
First ascent	1915 by the Interprovincial Boundary Commission[4]
Easiest route	Scramble (Moderate)[3]

The mountain was named in 1918 after First Admiral Reginald Tyrwhitt, a senior officer in the Royal Navy during the First World War.^[5]

Gallery

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  Mount Tyrwhitt from Kananaskis Trail

See also

• List of peaks on the Alberta-British Columbia border

References

1. Kananaskis Lakes (Map). 1:50,000. Cochrane, AB: Gem Trek Publishing. 1998. § D5. ISBN 1-895526-24-8. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
2. "Mount Tyrwhitt". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
3. Kane, Alan (2016). "Mount Tyrwhitt". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies (3rd ed.). Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. Kindle Edition. ISBN 978-1-77160-098-9.
4. "Mount Tyrwhitt". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
5. "Mount Tyrwhitt". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2013-06-12.

External links

• "Mount Tyrwhitt". Peakware.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.