Everything about Mount Robson totally explained
Mount Robson is the highest point in the
Canadian Rockies. Mount Robson is located entirely within
Mount Robson Provincial Park of
British Columbia, and is part of the
Rainbow Range. It is commonly thought to be the highest point in B.C., but that distinction is held by
Mount Fairweather at . The highest mountain in Canada is
Mount Logan at .
Mount Robson was likely named for
Colin Robertson, an employee of the
Hudson's Bay Company. There is no record of anyone named Robson visiting the area at the time the name came into use (
1815?). The Texqakallt, a
Secwepemc people and the earliest inhabitants of the area, call it
Yuh-hai-has-kun or The Mountain of the Spiral Road. Other unofficial names include Cloud Cap Mountain and Snow Cap Mountain.
The
Robson Glacier, the source of the
Robson River, which flows off the north east flank of Mount Robson at one point in time fed two oceans. In the forefield of the Robson Glacier, lies a
Nunatak which divided the flow of the glacier two ways:
- West down the Robson River valley
- East down the drainage into Alberta
Had ice been present during the Inter Provincial Boundary Survey of 1915, then the border between Alberta and British Columbia would have touched the peak of Mount Robson.
Routes
- South Face (Normal Route) IV
- Kain Face IV (named after Conrad Kain)
- Wishbone Arete IV 5.6
- Emperor Ridge V 5.6
- Emperor Face, Stump/Logan VI 5.9 A2
- Emperor Face, Cheesmond/Dick VI 5.9 A2
- Emperor Face, Infinite Patience VI WI5 M5 5.9
- Emperor Face, House-Haley M7
- North Face IV
- Fuhrer Ridge IV 5.4
Image:Mount Robson.JPG|Mt. Robson - August 2005
Image:Berg Lake - Mount Robson.JPG|Berg Lake and Mount Robson - August 2005
Image:Mount Robson (Sunset).JPG|Mt. Robson (Sunset) - August 2005
Image:Mount_Robson_SWFace_and_area.jpg|Mt. Robson - southwest face August 2005
Image:Mount Robson South.jpg|Mt. Robson - south face July 1992
Image:MountRobson.jpg|Mount Robson is the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies
Image:Mount Robson From Whistlers Mountain.jpg|Viewed From Whistlers Mountain near Jasper, Alberta; nearly 100km. away on an exceptionally clear day!
Image:Mount Robson2.jpg|Mt.Robson-the south side
Image:MountRobsonandMistGlacier.JPG|Mt. Robson and Mist Glacier as seen from a location just upstream of Emperor Falls Campground
Image:Mount Robson and the Robson Glacier.JPG|Mount Robson and the Robson Glacier as seen from the Snowbird Pass route.
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