Photo: Looking northwest to Mount Scott from the summit of Mount Oates (courtesy Glen Boles)
Mount Scott
- 3300 m (10,827ft)
- First Ascent
- Naming History
52.4481N -118.056W
Located on the continental divide east of the Scott Creek headwaters at the head of North Alnus Glacier
Province: Alberta/BC
Park: Jasper/Hamber
Headwater: Athabasca/Columbia
Located on the continental divide east of the Scott Creek headwaters at the head of North Alnus Glacier
Province: Alberta/BC
Park: Jasper/Hamber
Headwater: Athabasca/Columbia
Ascent Date: 1928
Ascent Party: W.R. Hainsworth, M.M. Strumia
Ascent Party: W.R. Hainsworth, M.M. Strumia
Year Named: 1913
Named for: Scott, Captain Rober Falcon (Captain Scott of the British Navy was commander of two expeditions to the Antarctic. He reached the south pole in 1912 only to find that Roald Amundsen had been the first. Scott and his party of five died on the return march.)
Named for: Scott, Captain Rober Falcon (Captain Scott of the British Navy was commander of two expeditions to the Antarctic. He reached the south pole in 1912 only to find that Roald Amundsen had been the first. Scott and his party of five died on the return march.)