The Vice President (mountain)

For other uses, see Vice president.

The Vice President
Vice President & President (l-r) from Isolated col
Highest point
Elevation	3,077 m (10,095 ft)
Prominence	157 m (515 ft)above President Pass
Coordinates	51°30′02″N 116°33′01″W
Geography
Location	British Columbia, Canada
District	Kootenay Land District
Parent range	Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 82N10 Blaeberry River
Climbing
First ascent	1901 by James Outram, Christian Kaufmann and Joseph Pollinger
Easiest route	scramble

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. 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.

External links

• "The Vice President". BC Geographical Names.
• The Vice President at bivouac.com

Gallery

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  The Vice President and glacier (1910)
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  Left to right, The Vice President, President glacier and The President