Photo: Looking southeast to Mount Bras Croche from Mount Brown (courtesy Don Beers)
Mount Bras Croche
- 3286 m (10,781ft)
- First Ascent
- Naming History
52.3203N -118.004W
Located in the Wood River Valley west of Clemenceau Creek
Province: BC
Headwater: Athabasca
Located in the Wood River Valley west of Clemenceau Creek
Province: BC
Headwater: Athabasca
Ascent Date: 1927
Ascent Party: Alfred Ostheimer, John de Laittre
Ascent Guide: Hans Fuhrer
Ascent Party: Alfred Ostheimer, John de Laittre
Ascent Guide: Hans Fuhrer
Year Named: 1920
Named by: Interprovincial Boundary Survey
Named for: Bras Croche (This was the nickname given to a half breed trapper known by the peculiar set of his arm which had been broken in his youth when he was attacked by a bear.)
Named by: Interprovincial Boundary Survey
Named for: Bras Croche (This was the nickname given to a half breed trapper known by the peculiar set of his arm which had been broken in his youth when he was attacked by a bear.)