Mount Vancouver

Mount Vancouver is a massive three-summit mountain on the Canada-United States border, spanning Yukon’s Kluane National Park and Reserve and Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Its north summit, at 4,812 metres, is the highest of its main tops and makes it the fifteenth highest mountain in North America, while Good Neighbor Peak on the south summit straddles the international boundary. Named in 1874 for explorer George Vancouver, it reflects the era of North Pacific coastal surveying. Its remoteness delayed its first ascent until 1949, and later new routes helped secure its place as one of the great peaks of the Saint Elias region.

Yakutat, Alaska · United States