Mount Root

Mount Root
Boundary Peak 165
West aspect of Mt. Root centered.
(Mount Watson to left)
Highest point
Elevation12,887 ft (3,928 m) NGVD 29[1]
Prominence2,913 ft (888 m)[1]
Parent peakMount Fairweather
Listing
Coordinates58°59′08″N 137°30′01″W / 58.98556°N 137.50028°W / 58.98556; -137.50028[2]
Naming
EtymologyElihu Root
Geography
Mount Root is located in Alaska
Mount Root
Mount Root
Location in Alaska
Mount Root is located in British Columbia
Mount Root
Mount Root
Location in British Columbia
LocationStikine Region, British Columbia
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Parent rangeFairweather Range
Topo map(s)NTS 114I13 [3]
USGS Mount Fairweather D-5[4]
Climbing
First ascent1977 by Laurel Adkins, Thomas Distler, George Fisher, Walter Gove[5]
Easiest routeIce climb[6]

Mount Root, also named Boundary Peak 165,[4] is a mountain in Alaska and British Columbia, located on the Canada–United States border, and part of the Fairweather Range of the Saint Elias Mountains. It is named for Elihu Root, who was one of the diplomats involved in settling the Alaska boundary dispute between the United States and Canada.[4] It is where the Margerie Glacier is located.

The first ascent was made June 13, 1977, by Laurel Adkins, Thomas Distler, George Fisher and Walter Gove via the East Ridge.[5][a] It involved 22 pitches of ice climbing.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Mount Root, British Columbia/Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  2. ^ "Mount Root". BC Geographical Names. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO). Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. ^ "Mount Root". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
  4. ^ a b c "Mount Root". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  5. ^ a b c Gove, Walter R. (1978). "The Grand Plateau Glacier Revisited". American Alpine Journal. 21 (2). American Alpine Club: 397–402. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
  6. ^ "Mount Root". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
  7. ^ "Mount Root". National Park Service. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  8. ^ Gove, Walter; Liska, Donald J. (1975). "Mount Watson and the Grand Plateau Glacier". American Alpine Journal. 20 (1). American Alpine Club. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
Notes
  1. ^ The NPS says the FA was on June 18, 1974[7] but AAJ 1975 states this was the date of the FA of nearby Mt. Watson with a different party composition.[8]
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