Mount Little
Appearance
Mount Little | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,088 m (10,131 ft)[1][2] |
Prominence | 164 m (538 ft)[3] |
Parent peak | Mount Fay (3234 m)[3] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 51°17′45″N 116°10′58″W / 51.29583°N 116.18277°W[4] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
District | Kootenay Land District[5] |
Protected areas | |
Parent range | Bow Range |
Topo map | NTS 82N8 Lake Louise[4] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1901 G.T. Little, Charles S. Thompson, G.M. Weed[3] |
Easiest route | North-West Ridge I |
Mount Little is situated at the northern end of Kootenay National Park, and straddles the Continental Divide marking the Alberta-British Columbia border.[5] It was named in 1916 after George F. Little, a member of the first ascent party.[1][3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mount Little". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "Topographic map of Mount Little". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
- ^ a b c d "Mount Little". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ a b "Mount Little (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
- ^ a b "Mount Little". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
Further reading
[edit]- Birrell, Dave (2000). 50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies. Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. p. 87. ISBN 9780921102656.