Photo: Mount Petain from the north on the east ridge of Mount Sarrail (Mount Joffre is hidden by cloud) (courtesy Rienk Lakeman)
Mount Petain
- 3183 m (10,443ft)
- First Ascent
- Naming History
50.5439N -115.185W
Located on the continental divide at the head of Petain Creek; 2.5 km northeast of Mount Joffre
Province: Alberta/BC
Park: Kananaskis/Elk Lakes
Headwater: Bow/Kootenay
Located on the continental divide at the head of Petain Creek; 2.5 km northeast of Mount Joffre
Province: Alberta/BC
Park: Kananaskis/Elk Lakes
Headwater: Bow/Kootenay
Ascent Date: 1930
Ascent Party: Katie Gardiner
Ascent Guide: Walter Feuz
Ascent Party: Katie Gardiner
Ascent Guide: Walter Feuz
Year Named: 1918
Named for: Petain, General Henri P.B.O. (A French soldier and politician, General Petain served in WW I. As premier of France he surrendered to Germany in 1940 and established the Nazi controlled "Vichy" government of France.)
Named for: Petain, General Henri P.B.O. (A French soldier and politician, General Petain served in WW I. As premier of France he surrendered to Germany in 1940 and established the Nazi controlled "Vichy" government of France.)
Photo: Mount Petain from the north (courtesy Alan Kane)