The President

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The President

Left to right, The Vice President, President glacier and President
Elevation 3,123 metres (10,246 ft)
Location British Columbia, Canada
Range Canadian Rockies
Prominence 658m above Kiwetinok Pass
Coordinates 51°30′01″N 116°33′07″W / 51.50028, -116.55194
Topo map NTS 82N/10
First ascent 1901 by James Outram, Christian Kaufmann and J. Pollinger
Easiest route scramble

The 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 President was named Shaugnessy in 1904 by Edward Whymper after Thomas Shaugnessy, the president 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 in the Selkirks.

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There appears to be only one route up the President -- up the President glacier to the col, then scramble up talus to the peak.

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