Mountain Sir Sandford (3 519 m / 11 545 ft)

Excellent nature, mild climate, unique flora and fauna. Interesting routes for climbing, sophisticated logistics. The incredible beauty of the mountains and surrounding countryside.

This peak is #22 on the Height List for British Columbia . This peak is #6 in Prominence List for British Columbia. The challenging, long alpine ice and snow ridges of Sandford provide an excellent introduction to Grade IV climbing on big peaks. The routes on Sir Sandford demand the physical commitment and efficient movement of a serious mountaineering route. Weather, acclimatization and strategy will be important. Mount Sir Sandford, has several natural zones: rain forest, snowy forest and no forest. On its slopes you can find rare and endangered species of plants and animals, such as reindeer. Steep rocky slopes of Mount Sir Sandford, will be interesting for nature lovers and mountain climbers. Гора Сэр-Сандфорд имеет несколько природных зон : дождевой лес, снежный лес и отсутствие леса. На ее склонах можно встретить редкие и исчезающие виды растений и животных , например северного оленя. Крутые скалистые склоны горы Сэр-Сандфорд будут интересны и любителям природы и альпинистам.

• Canada Province/Territory High Points

This highest peak of the mountain range of Colombia, located in Canada, Glacier National Park, near the city of Calgary.

Plane or train to the city of Calgary, then rent a car in Calgary, or coach in Glacier park and then walk.

For permits and information contact the Parks Canada Revelstoke Office

The mountain was named after Sir Sandford Fleming, a railway engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Named after Sandford Fleming, perhaps the greatest railway engineer in Canadian history. Born on July 7 1827 in Scotland, he became one of the foremost railway engineers of his time, in charge of the initial survey for the Canadian Pacific Railway. Fleming also designed the first Canadian postage stamp, which was the first pictorial stamp issued anywhere in the world. Fleming's lasting fame however, results from his contribution to the development of Standard Time Zones. Before Fleming, every community across the world set its own time, based on high noon, and times between towns were somewhat undefined. Ottawa had a different time from Montreal, and Montreal from Quebec. With the advent of railways, more precise time was required to co-ordinate the life and death issues concerning train right of ways on single track railways. Fleming proposed a scheme to standardize the time within hour wide bands of space. This meant that 12:00 Vancouver time would be the same thing as 12:00 Kamloops time, regardless of the actual time of high noon. Prior to railways and telegraphs, there was no need to co-ordinate times that closely, because neither news nor people could travel fast enough to make any difference. Sandford Fleming died in Halifax in 1915.

 

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• berg adventures - Travel company specializing in extreme tourism

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• http://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2968
• http://www.bergadventures.com/v3_trips/north-america/mountain-school3_itinerary.php