Mount Root

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Mount Root
Boundary Peak 165
Highest point
Elevation12,887 ft (3,928 m) NGVD 29[1]
Prominence2,913 ft (888 m)[1]
Listing
  • Canada highest major peaks 24th
Coordinates58°59′08″N 137°30′01″W / 58.98556°N 137.50028°W / 58.98556; -137.50028Coordinates: 58°59′08″N 137°30′01″W / 58.98556°N 137.50028°W / 58.98556; -137.50028[2]
Naming
EtymologyElihu Root
Geography
LocationStikine Region, British Columbia
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Topo mapNTS 114I13
USGS Mount Fairweather D-5
Climbing
First ascent1977 by Laurel Adkins, Thomas Distler, George Fisher and Walter Grove[3]
Easiest routeIce climb[3]

Mount Root, also named Boundary Peak 165, is a mountain in Alaska and British Columbia, located on the Canada–United States border, and part of the Fairweather Range of the Saint Elias Mountains. It is named for Elihu Root, who was one of the diplomats involved in settling the Alaska boundary dispute between the United States and Canada.[4] It is where the Margerie Glacier is located.

The first ascent was made by Laurel Adkins, Thomas Distler, George Fisher and Walter Gove in 1977. It involved 22 pitches of ice climbing.[3]

See also[]

  • List of Boundary Peaks of the Alaska-British Columbia/Yukon border

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Mount Root, British Columbia/Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  2. ^ "Mount Root". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. ^ a b c "Mount Root". Bivouac.com.
  4. ^ "Mount Root". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-06-07.


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