Mount K2

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Mount K2
Elevation 3,090 metres (10,138 ft)
Location British Columbia, Canada
Range Sir Winston Churchill Range
Coordinates 52°13′30″N 117°17′30″W / 52.225, -117.29167Coordinates: 52°13′30″N 117°17′30″W / 52.225, -117.29167
Topo map NTS 83C/03
First ascent 1938 by an ACC party guided by Christian Hasler Jr.
Easiest route rock/snow climb

Mount K2 is a mountain located in the upper Athabasca River Valley of Jasper National Park, 1½ km east of Mount Kitchener. The mountain was named in 1938 by Rex Gibson (former ACC president), apparently to signify this as a secondary peak of Mount Kitchener, and not K2.

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