Mount Goodsir (or the Goodsir Towers) is the highest mountain in the Ottertail Range, a subrange of the Park Ranges in British Columbia. It is located in Yoho National Park, near its border with Kootenay National Park. The mountain has two major summits, the South Tower (the higher summit) and the North Tower, 3,525 metres (11,565 ft).
| Mount Goodsir | |
|---|---|
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,567 m (11,703 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 1,887 m (6,191 ft)[1] |
| Parent peak | Mount Assiniboine (3616 m)[2] |
| Listing | |
| Coordinates | 51°12′06″N 116°23′48″W / 51.20167°N 116.39667°W[2] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Goodsir Location in southeastern British Columbia | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| District | Kootenay Land District |
| Park | Yoho National Park |
| Parent range | Ottertail Range |
| Topo map | NTS 82N1 Mount Goodsir |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 16 July 1903 Charles E. Fay and Herschel C. Parker, guided by Christian Häsler and Christian Kaufmann[2][3] |
| Easiest route | Southwest ridge of South Tower: hike/climb (Grade III, YDS 5.4)[4] |
The mountain was named by James Hector in 1859 after two brothers, John Goodsir, a professor of anatomy at the University of Edinburgh, and Harry Goodsir, a surgeon on the ship HMS Erebus.[2][5]
The standard route on the South Tower is the southwest ridge, a straightforward but long climb (Grade III), which consists primarily of non-technical terrain, but includes short sections of narrow ridge graded YDS 5.4. Access to any route on either Tower requires a long hike.[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "British Columbia and Alberta: The Ultra-Prominence Page". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
- ^ a b c d "Mount Goodsir". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ "Goodsir Towers (North Tower)". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20. Peakfinder lists the first ascent of the lower North Tower as 1909 by A. Eggers, J.P. Forde, P.D. McTavish, guided by Edward Feuz Sr.
- ^ a b Dougherty, Sean (1991). Selected Alpine Climbs in the Canadian Rockies. Rocky Mountain Books. p. 154. ISBN 0-921102-14-3.
- ^ "Mount Goodsir". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
External links edit
- "Goodsir Towers (South Tower)". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
