The Vice President

The Vice President is a mountain on The President/Vice President Massif just North of Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park, near the Alpine Club of Canada's Stanley Mitchell hut.

For other uses, see Vice president.
The Vice President
Vice President & President (l-r) from Isolated col
Highest point
Elevation3,077 m (10,095 ft)
Prominence157 m (515 ft) above President Pass
Coordinates51°30′02″N 116°33′01″W 
Geography
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
Parent rangeCanadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82N/10
Climbing
First ascent1901 by James Outram, Christian Kaufmann and Joseph Pollinger
Easiest routescramble
Left to right, The Vice President, President glacier and The President

The Vice President was named Mount McNicoll in 1904 by Edward Whymper after David McNicoll, the VP of the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1907, the mountain was renamed by the Alpine Club of Canada, after it was discovered that the name had already been used on a mountain near Rogers Pass.

Routes

There appears to be only one route up the Vice President—up the President glacier to the col, then up a snow slope to the ridge, then to the peak.

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The Vice President and glacier (1910)


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