Mount Aragorn

Mount Aragorn is a 2,435-metre peak in British Columbia’s Cadwallader Range, north of Mount Gandalf and draining into tributaries of the Fraser River. Its climbing significance began in 1972, when Peter Jordan, Fred Thiessen, and Eric White made the first recorded ascent while also first climbing nearby Mount Gandalf and Mount Shadowfax. Inspired by Tolkien works they read while storm-bound, those climbs gave rise to a cluster of names later formalized when Karl Ricker proposed Mount Aragorn in 1978 and Canada officially adopted it in 1979. The mountain also stands out for its severe subarctic conditions and established climbing routes.

British Columbia · Canada