Mount French (Alberta)

Mount French
Mount French (right of center under cloud) seen from the north. Mount Murray to left of center.
Highest point
Elevation3,244 m (10,643 ft)[1][Note 1]
Prominence470 m (1,540 ft)[1]
Parent peakMount Sir Douglas (3411 m)[1]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates50°43′45″N 115°18′20″W / 50.72917°N 115.30556°W / 50.72917; -115.30556[4]
Geography
Mount French is located in Alberta
Mount French
Mount French
Location of Mount French in Alberta
Mount French is located in Canada
Mount French
Mount French
Mount French (Canada)
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeSpray Mountains
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82J11 Kananaskis Lakes[4]
Geology
Age of rockCambrian
Type of rocksedimentary rock
Climbing
First ascent1921 by M. Morton Jr., H.S. Hall Jr., Edward Feuz Jr.[5]
Easiest routeDifficult Scramble/Mountaineering[2]

Mount French is a 3,244-metre (10,643-foot) summit in the Spray Mountains range of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta, Canada.[4] The mountain is situated in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park of Kananaskis Country. French is the second highest point in the Spray Mountains Range. Its nearest higher peak, and highest in the Spray Range, is Mount Sir Douglas, 3.0 km (1.9 mi) to the west.[1][3] Mount French can be seen from Alberta Highway 742, the Smith-Dorrien/Spray Trail.

  1. ^ a b c d "Mount French". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Kane2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  4. ^ a b c "Mount French". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
  5. ^ Hall, Henry S. Jr. (1922). "The First Ascent of Mt French". Canadian Alpine Journal: 38. ISSN 0068-8207.


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