Mount Silverthrone

Mount Silverthrone
Silverthrone Mountain
Northeast face of Mount Silverthrone
John Scurlock, Jagged Ridge Imaging, 2007
Highest point
Elevation2,864 m (9,396 ft)[1]
Prominence975 m (3,199 ft)
Listing
Coordinates51°31′04″N 126°06′48″W / 51.51778°N 126.11333°W / 51.51778; -126.11333[2]
Geography
Mount Silverthrone is located in British Columbia
Mount Silverthrone
Mount Silverthrone
DistrictRange 2 Coast Land District
Parent rangePacific Ranges
Topo mapNTS 92M9 Machmell River[2]
Geology
Mountain typeLava dome
Volcanic arc/beltCanadian Cascade Arc
Pemberton/Garibaldi Belt
Climbing
First ascent14 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.

  1. ^ "Silverthrone Mountain, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  2. ^ a b "Silverthrone Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  3. ^ "Silverthrone Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  4. ^ Chic Scott (2000), Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering, Rocky Mountain Books, ISBN 9780921102595, p. 118.