Mt Cook
view south across Seward Glacier to Mt Cook (4,196m/13,766')
follow curving pattern on surface of Seward Glacier to where it flows out toward the Malaspina Glacier
similar appearance to Mt Vancouver, but see both in this view - www.flickr.com/photos/wanderflechten/36811551480/in/photo...
"Named in 1874 by . H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), for Captain James Cook, 1728-79, English navigator and explorer who was responsible for considerable exploration of the Alaska coast as far north as Icy Cape, near latitude 70." - edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/13...
publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12196803600/... -
"In 1874 W. H. Dali and Marcus Baker of the U. S. Coast Survey named Mounts Cook and Vancouver from the sea, but somehow the names and elevations must have gotten scrambled, as they mapped Cook’s approximate elevation on Vancouver and Vancouver’s approximate elevation on Cook, and surely they had intended the higher mountain to bear Cook’s name, for he was the more famous of the two British navigators. At any rate, the names stuck where they first appeared on the maps and the elevations were soon applied to the right mountains. At the time of the Klondike gold rush the need was seen to determine the Alaska-Canada boundary more precisely, as the old Russian-British Treaty of 1825 had merely said for this section, "the chain of mountains which follow, at a very small distance, the winding of the coast.” The crests and interior of the Saint Elias Mountains were quite unknown around 1900 and "a very small distance” was taken to be within 10 marine leagues, so it was decided to connect prominent peaks no more than 34½ miles from the sea to form the boundary between the head of Portland Canal and the 141st meridian. Mount Vancouver was used as Boundary Peak 181, but the surveyors went in no further than the sea in this area, hence they used the south-southeast summit rather than the higher one hidden behind it."
aka Boundary Peak 182
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Boundary_Peaks_of_the_Alask...
www.famousfix.com/list/international-mountains-of-north-a...
"a massive and complex peak with many challenging ridges...a spectacular steep north face with a large hanging glacier giving it the appearance of a half eaten heavily frosted wedding cake" - A Climber's Guide to the St. Elias Mountains, Volume 1, by Richard Holmes
1st ascent, 6/29-8/12 1953 - publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12195403200/...
(difficult trip out - "On August 3rd we began the 60-mile journey to the ocean. Rain, fog, and poor visibility made the trip a most uncomfortable one. When we reached the beach on August 9th we didn’t have a piece of dry clothing among us. The preceding six days had been too much for even waterproof articles. To add to our misery, a cache of food left on the beach was stolen, apparently by fishermen. We were reduced to a diet of wild peas for three days. On August 12th we were picked up by Merriman. Dr. Robert Sharp, geologist studying the Malaspina Glacier, had spotted us earlier that day while attempting to air drop supplies at his camp on the Malaspina Glacier.")
(1999 traverse AAJ 2000 p 219 - c498469.r69.cf2.rackcdn.com/2000/220_canada_aaj2000.pdf)
my photos arranged by subject - www.flickr.com/photos/29750062@N06/collections
Mt Cook
view south across Seward Glacier to Mt Cook (4,196m/13,766')
follow curving pattern on surface of Seward Glacier to where it flows out toward the Malaspina Glacier
similar appearance to Mt Vancouver, but see both in this view - www.flickr.com/photos/wanderflechten/36811551480/in/photo...
"Named in 1874 by . H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), for Captain James Cook, 1728-79, English navigator and explorer who was responsible for considerable exploration of the Alaska coast as far north as Icy Cape, near latitude 70." - edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/13...
publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12196803600/... -
"In 1874 W. H. Dali and Marcus Baker of the U. S. Coast Survey named Mounts Cook and Vancouver from the sea, but somehow the names and elevations must have gotten scrambled, as they mapped Cook’s approximate elevation on Vancouver and Vancouver’s approximate elevation on Cook, and surely they had intended the higher mountain to bear Cook’s name, for he was the more famous of the two British navigators. At any rate, the names stuck where they first appeared on the maps and the elevations were soon applied to the right mountains. At the time of the Klondike gold rush the need was seen to determine the Alaska-Canada boundary more precisely, as the old Russian-British Treaty of 1825 had merely said for this section, "the chain of mountains which follow, at a very small distance, the winding of the coast.” The crests and interior of the Saint Elias Mountains were quite unknown around 1900 and "a very small distance” was taken to be within 10 marine leagues, so it was decided to connect prominent peaks no more than 34½ miles from the sea to form the boundary between the head of Portland Canal and the 141st meridian. Mount Vancouver was used as Boundary Peak 181, but the surveyors went in no further than the sea in this area, hence they used the south-southeast summit rather than the higher one hidden behind it."
aka Boundary Peak 182
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Boundary_Peaks_of_the_Alask...
www.famousfix.com/list/international-mountains-of-north-a...
"a massive and complex peak with many challenging ridges...a spectacular steep north face with a large hanging glacier giving it the appearance of a half eaten heavily frosted wedding cake" - A Climber's Guide to the St. Elias Mountains, Volume 1, by Richard Holmes
1st ascent, 6/29-8/12 1953 - publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12195403200/...
(difficult trip out - "On August 3rd we began the 60-mile journey to the ocean. Rain, fog, and poor visibility made the trip a most uncomfortable one. When we reached the beach on August 9th we didn’t have a piece of dry clothing among us. The preceding six days had been too much for even waterproof articles. To add to our misery, a cache of food left on the beach was stolen, apparently by fishermen. We were reduced to a diet of wild peas for three days. On August 12th we were picked up by Merriman. Dr. Robert Sharp, geologist studying the Malaspina Glacier, had spotted us earlier that day while attempting to air drop supplies at his camp on the Malaspina Glacier.")
(1999 traverse AAJ 2000 p 219 - c498469.r69.cf2.rackcdn.com/2000/220_canada_aaj2000.pdf)
my photos arranged by subject - www.flickr.com/photos/29750062@N06/collections