Mount Sir Donald

Mount Sir Donald, a 3,284-metre peak in the Rogers Pass area of Glacier National Park in British Columbia’s Selkirk Mountains, is known for its sharply pointed, Matterhorn-like profile and its prominence among climbers. Originally named Syndicate Peak for the group that financed completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway, it was later renamed for Donald Smith, who led that syndicate. Swiss climbers Emil Huber and Carl Sulzer, with porter Harry Cooper, made the first recorded ascent in 1890, and by the 1910s the mountain was regularly climbed. Its solid rock, famed Northwest Arete, and demanding alpine routes have given it a lasting reputation in North American climbing.

British Columbia · Canada