Climb Stanley Peak

Stanley Peak is a 3,155-metre mountain located in the Ball Range, at the northeastern section of Kootenay National Park, in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The mountain was named in 1901 by its first climber, the English explorer Edward Whymper, after Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, the sixth Governor-General of Canada. There are sources tha…
Stanley Peak is a 3,155-metre mountain located in the Ball Range, at the northeastern section of Kootenay National Park, in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The mountain was named in 1901 by its first climber, the English explorer Edward Whymper, after Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, the sixth Governor-General of Canada. There are sources that date the naming in 1912 after Stanley H. Mitchell, Secretary-Treasurer of Alpine Club of Canada.
  • Elevation: 3,155 m (10,351 ft)
  • Prominence: 248 m (814 ft)
  • Listing: Mountains of British Columbia
  • Country: Canada
  • Province: British Columbia
  • Protected area: Kootenay National Park
  • Parent range: Ball Range · Canadian Rockies

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