Photo: Looking northwest to Mount Erris (courtesy Alan Schierman)
Mount Erris
- 2820 m (9,252ft)
- First Ascent
- Naming History
49.8883N -114.688W
Located on the continental divide in the upper Dutch Creek Valley at the head South Line Creek; south buttress of North Fork Pass
Range: High Rock
Province: Alberta/BC
Headwater: Oldman/Kootenay
Located on the continental divide in the upper Dutch Creek Valley at the head South Line Creek; south buttress of North Fork Pass
Range: High Rock
Province: Alberta/BC
Headwater: Oldman/Kootenay
Ascent Date: 1913
Ascent Party: Topographical Survey
Ascent Party: Topographical Survey
Year Named: 1916
Named by: Morrison Bridgland
Named for: Erris is a prominent headland on the west coast of Ireland in County Mayo.
Named by: Morrison Bridgland
Named for: Erris is a prominent headland on the west coast of Ireland in County Mayo.
Mount Erris is the highest peak in the High Rock Range between North Fork Pass and Crowsnest Pass.
Photo: Looking west up the Dutch Creek Valley to Mount Erris