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Mount King George, a 3,413-metre peak in Height of the Rockies Provincial Park, is the highest summit in the Royal Group in British Columbia’s Canadian Rockies. Formed from Cambrian sedimentary rock later thrust eastward during the Laramide orogeny, it reflects the mountain-building forces that shaped the surrounding range. Named in 1917 for King George V and officially adopted in 1918, it was first climbed in 1919 by Val Fynn and guide Rudolph Aemmer. Its remoteness made ascents rare, with the second not until 1970. The mountain stands in a subarctic climate, with the King George Glacier on its eastern slope and drainage feeding the Palliser River.
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