Mount Clemenceau

Mount Clemenceau is the fourth highest mountain in the Park Ranges of the Canadian Rockies. The peak was originally named "Pyramid" in 1892 by Arthur Coleman.<ref name=crdb/> The mountain was renamed by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey in 1919 to its present name, which is for Georges Clemenceau, premier of France during World War I.<ref name=crdb/>

Mount Clemenceau was first climbed in 1923 by D.B. Durand, H.S. Hall, W.D. Harris and H.B. De V. Schwab.<ref name=bivouac/>

Routes

There are three standard climbing routes:<ref name=crdb/>

• West Face II
  • This is the normal route, similar to the north glacier route (normal) on Mount Athabasca but considered more interesting. The route avoids the steepest parts of the face.
• North-East Ridge IV
• North Face IV

See also

• List of mountains in the Canadian Rockies
• List of mountain peaks of North America
• List of mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains

References

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External links

• Mount Clemenceau aerial photo: PBase