Mount K2
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Mount K2 | |
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Elevation | 3,090 metres (10,138 ft) |
Location | British Columbia, Canada |
Range | Sir Winston Churchill Range |
Coordinates | Coordinates: |
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.