Photo: Mount Whiterose from the north on Mount Spring-Rice (courtesy Alan Kane)
Mount Whiterose
- 3060 m (10,040ft)
- First Ascent
- Naming History
51.9594N -117.229W
Located in the upper Lyell Creek Valley, 3 km southwest of Mount Alexandra
Province: BC
Headwater: Columbia
Located in the upper Lyell Creek Valley, 3 km southwest of Mount Alexandra
Province: BC
Headwater: Columbia
Ascent Date: 1918
Ascent Party: Interprovincial Boundary Commission
Ascent Party: Interprovincial Boundary Commission
Year Named: 1919
Named by: Interprovincial Boundary Survey
Named for: According to the Interprovincial Boundary Surveyors, the mountain was, "so called owing to its very obvious white, snow-covered mass when seen from the valley below."
Named by: Interprovincial Boundary Survey
Named for: According to the Interprovincial Boundary Surveyors, the mountain was, "so called owing to its very obvious white, snow-covered mass when seen from the valley below."