- Thorington Tower
Infobox Mountain
Name = Thorington Tower
Photo =
Caption =
Elevation = m to ft|3155|abbr=yes|precision=0Cite web|url=http://www.rmbooks.com/peakfinder/peakfinder.ASP?PeakName=Thorington+Tower| title=Thorington Tower| author=PeakFinder|accessdate=2007-09-10]
Location = flag|Alberta CAN
Range =Sir Winston Churchill Range
Prominence =
Coordinates = coord|52|21|30|N|117|30|10|W|type:mountain_region:CA
Topographic
NTS 83C/05
First ascent = 1967 by Don Lashier and Charlie Raymond
Easiest route = rock/snow climbThorington Tower is a
mountain inAlberta ,Canada . It is located near the north branch ofLynx Creek inJasper National Park .Mount Palmer lies 1½ km west of the tower. The mountain was named in 1967 after J. Monroe Thorington, an American
ophthalmologist who climbed extensively in the Selkirks and theCanadian Rockies during the 1920s and 1930s. First ascent was by Don Lashier and Charlie Raymond in September 1967.ee also
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Mountains of Alberta References
External links
* [http://www.lashier.com/home.cfm?dir_cat=35917 Photos of the first ascent.]
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