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Record SL-676612 · Wikidata Q3861599

Goodsir South Tower

No list classifications
Elevation
3,567 m
11,703 ft
Prominence
1,887 m
Isolation
Coordinates
51.2003° N, 116.3972° W
Grid ref
Goodsir South Tower
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Description

Wikipedia

Mount Goodsir (or the Goodsir Towers) is the highest mountain in the Ottertail Range, a subrange of the Park Ranges in British Columbia. It is located in Yoho National Park, near its border with Kootenay National Park. The mountain has two major summits, the South Tower (the higher summit) and the North Tower, 3,525 metres (11,565 ft). The mountain was named by James Hector in 1859 after two brothers, John Goodsir, a professor of anatomy at the University of Edinburgh, and Harry Goodsir, a surgeon on the ship HMS Erebus. The standard route on the South Tower is the southwest ridge, a straightforward but long climb (Grade III), which consists primarily of non-technical terrain, but includes short sections of narrow ridge graded YDS 5.4. Access to any route on either Tower requires a long hike.

First ascent

Date
16 Jul 1903
Christian Häsler and Christian Kaufmann This site lists the first ascent of the lower North Tower as 1909 by A. Eggers, J.P. Forde, P.D. McTavish, guided by Edward Feuz Sr
Source · wikipedia

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Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Goodsir Centre Peak 3,364 m NW 321° 0.9 km
Sentry Peak 3,261 m SE 118° 1.1 km
Goodsir North Tower 3,525 m NW 314° 1.7 km
Zinc Mountain 2,990 m S 182° 2.9 km
Teepee Mountain 3,118 m NW 319° 3.4 km
Sharp Mountain 3,049 m E 78° 3.7 km