What is Mount Clemenceau?

Information about Mount Clemenceau

Mount Clemenceau
Elevation3,658 metres (12,002 feet)
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
RangeCanadian Rockies
Prominence1499 m
Coordinates
Topo mapNTS 83C/04
First ascent1923 H. DeVillier-Schwab; W. Harris; H.Hall; D. Durand
Easiest routeglacier/snow climb
Mount Clemenceau is the fourth highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies. The peak was originally named "Pyramid" in 1892 by Arthur Coleman. The mountain was renamed by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey in 1919 to its present name, which is for Georges Clemenceau, premier of France during World War I.

Mt. Clemenceau was first climbed in 1923 by D.B. Durand, H.S. Hall, W.D. Harris and H.B. De V. Schwab.

Routes

  • West Face II
  • This is the normal route, similar to the north glacier route (normal) on Mount Athabasca but considered more interesting. The route avoids the steepest parts of the face.
  • North-East Ridge IV
  • North Face IV

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Canadian Rockies
RangesBall Bare Beaverfoot Blue Bow Crowsnest Elk Fairholme Hart High Rock Kananaskis Massive Misty Muskwa Palliser President Queen Elizabeth Rainbow Ram Sawback Sir Winston Churchill Slate South Jasper Vermilion Victoria Cross Waputik Continental Ranges
MountainsAlberta Andromeda Assiniboine Athabasca Brazeau Bryce Cascade Castle Clemenceau Columbia Edith Cavell Forbes Hungabee Joffre Kitchener Lyell Pilot Pyramid Robson Rundle Snow Dome Temple Three Sisters Twin Mountains of Alberta Valley of the Ten Peaks
PassesAbbot Allison Athabasca Crowsnest Elbow Howse Kicking Horse Sunwapta Wapiti Yellowhead
GlaciersAthabasca Bow Columbia Icefield Crowfoot Hector Peyto Saskatchewan Vulture Wapta Waputik Icefield
ParksAkamina-Kishinena Banff Bow Valley Bragg Creek Elbow-Sheep Graham-Laurier Hamber Height of the Rockies Jasper Kananaskis Kakwa Kootenay Liard River Mount Assiniboine Mount Robson Muncho Lake Northern Rocky Mountains Peter Lougheed Sheep River Spray Valley Yoho Waterton Lakes Willmore
Ski resortsCastle Mountain Fernie Fortress Mountain Kicking Horse Kimberley Lake Louise Marmot Basin Mount Norquay Nakiska Panorama Revelstoke Mountain Sunshine Village


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Country | Canada
Provinces | British Columbia,Alberta

Highest point | Mount Robson
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Provinces | British Columbia,Alberta

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Canadian Rockies



Country | Canada
Provinces | British Columbia,Alberta

Highest point | Mount Robson
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Country | Canada
Province | British Columbia

Part of Canadian Rockies

Length | 26 km (16 mi), W-E
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Bare Range

Country | Canada
Region | Alberta

Part of Rocky Mountains

Highest point | Panther Mountain
 - elevation 9,656 ft (0 m)
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Bow Range



Country | Canada
Provinces | British Columbia,Alberta

Part of Canadian Rockies
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