Mount Silverthrone | |
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Silverthrone Mountain | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,864 m (9,396 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 975 m (3,199 ft) |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 51°31′04″N 126°06′48″W / 51.51778°N 126.11333°W[2] |
Geography | |
British Columbia, Canada | |
District | Range 2 Coast Land District |
Parent range | Pacific Ranges |
Topo map | NTS 92M9 Machmell River[2] |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Lava dome |
Volcanic arc/belt | Canadian Cascade ArcPemberton/Garibaldi Belt |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 14 August 1936 Don Munday, Phyllis Munday, Henry Hall, Hans Fuhrer[3][4] |
Mount Silverthrone, officially named Silverthrone Mountain, is a mountain in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, located over 320 km (200 mi) northwest of the city of Vancouver and about 50 km (30 mi) west of Mount Waddington, British Columbia, Canada. It is the highest peak in the Ha-Iltzuk Icefield, which is the largest icefield in the Coast Mountains south of the Alaska Panhandle.