Photo: Looking to the northwest up the Alexandra River Valley to Mount Spring-Rice from Highway #1
Mount Spring-Rice
- 3275 m (10,745ft)
- First Ascent
- Naming History
52.0164N -117.234W
Located on the continental divide at the head of the Alexandra River
Province: Alberta/BC
Park: Banff
Headwater: Saskatchewan/Columbia
Visible from Highway: 93N
Located on the continental divide at the head of the Alexandra River
Province: Alberta/BC
Park: Banff
Headwater: Saskatchewan/Columbia
Visible from Highway: 93N
Ascent Date: 1923
Ascent Party: J.W.A. Hickson
Ascent Guide: Edward Feuz jr.
Ascent Party: J.W.A. Hickson
Ascent Guide: Edward Feuz jr.
Year Named: 1918
Named by: Arthur Wheeler
Named for: Spring-Rice, Sir Cecil Arthur (Sir Spring-Rice was a British diplomat.)
Named by: Arthur Wheeler
Named for: Spring-Rice, Sir Cecil Arthur (Sir Spring-Rice was a British diplomat.)
Photo: Mount Spring-Rice from the south (courtesy Alan Kane)