Mount Cordonnier

Mount Cordonnier
Mount Cordonnier is located in Alberta
Mount Cordonnier
Mount Cordonnier
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
Mount Cordonnier is located in British Columbia
Mount Cordonnier
Mount Cordonnier
Mount Cordonnier (British Columbia)
Highest point
Elevation3,012 m (9,882 ft)[1]
Prominence177 m (581 ft)[2]
Parent peakMount Mangin (3065 m)[2]
Listing
Coordinates50°32′59″N 115°13′56″W / 50.54972°N 115.23222°W / 50.54972; -115.23222[3]
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Topo mapNTS 82J11 Kananaskis Lakes[3]
Climbing
First ascent1930 Kate Gardiner, guided by Walter Fuez[4][1]
Easiest routeScramble routes[5]

Mount Cordonnier is located north of Mount Joffre in Height of the Rockies Provincial Park and straddles the Continental Divide marking the Alberta-British Columbia border.[6] It was named in 1918 after General Victor Louis Emilien Cordonnier.[5][1][2]

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Cordonnier". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  2. ^ a b c "Mount Cordonnier". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Cordonnier". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Thorington1966 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Kane, Alan (2008). Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies. Rocky Mountain Books. p. 169.
  6. ^ "Mount Cordonnier". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2024-01-08.