The Vice President

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The Vice President

Left to right, The Vice President, President glacier and President
Elevation 3077m (10,095 feet)
Location British Columbia, Canada
Range Canadian Rockies
Prominence 157m above President Pass
Coordinates 51°30′02″N, 116°33′01″W
Topo map NTS 82N/10
First ascent 1901 by James Outram, Christian Kaufmann and J. Pollinger
Easiest route scramble

The Vice-President is a peak on the The President/Vice-President Massif just North of Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park, near the Alpine Club of Canada's Stanley Mitchell hut.

The Vice-President was named Mount McNicoll in 1904 by Edward Whymper after David McNicoll, the VP of the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1907, the mountain was renamed by the Alpine Club of Canada, after it was discovered that the name had already been used on a mountain near Rogers Pass.

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There appears to be only one route up the Vice-President -- up the President glacier to the col, then up a snow slope to the ridge, then to the peak.

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