Mount K2 | |
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Elevation: | 3,090 metres (10,138 feet) |
Latitude: | 52° 13′ 30″ N |
Longitude: | 117° 17′ 30″ W |
Location: | British Columbia, Canada |
Topo map: | NTS 83C/03 |
Range: | Sir Winston Churchill Range |
First ascent: | 1938 by an ACC party guided by Christian Hasler jr. |
Easiest route: | rock/snow climb |
Mount K2 is a mountain located in the upper Athabasca River Valley of Jasper National Park, 1½ km east of Mount Kitchener. The mountain was named in 1938 by Rex Gibson (former ACC president), apparently to signify this as a secondary peak of Mt. Kitchener, and not K2.