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Mount Bess

Elevation
3,203 m
#3,249
in the world
#154
in Canada
618 m
prominence

Mount Bess is a mountain in Canada, rising to 3,203 m, the 154th highest in Canada, part of the Canadian Rockies.

Elevation
3,203 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
618 m
Height above its key col
World rank
#3,249
of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Mount Bess

Mount Bess lies in Canada, in British Columbia.

Key facts

Elevation
3,203 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
618 m
Type
Mountain
Region
British Columbia
Coordinates
53.350, -119.369
First ascent
1911

How it ranks

Among peaks in Canada
#154of 1,389
LargestSmallest
In the Canadian Rockies
#6of 71
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#3,249of 14,627
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

PeakElevationDistance
Whiteshield Mountain2,555 m5.7 km
Mount Chown3,267 m5.9 km
Jackpine Mountain2,555 m13 km
Gendarme Mountain2,320 m19 km
Mount Phillips3,246 m21 km
Mount Anne-Alice2,781 m22 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Mount Bess.

CityCountryPopulationDistance
Grande PrairieCanada70,385206 km
Prince GeorgeCanada78,943232 km
Salmon ArmCanada19,432295 km
KamloopsCanada104,460306 km
Fort St. JohnCanada21,465337 km

About this mountain

A peak in the Canadian Rockies, Mount Bess rises to 3,203 m with a topographic prominence of 618 m. It ranks #154 among Canadian peaks in the dataset. The nearest higher summit, Mount Chown, lies 5.9 km away at 3,267 m, while Whiteshield Mountain stands 5.7 km distant at 2,555 m. The first recorded ascent was in 1911.

Written from the figures on this page by an AI model, then checked against them automatically. No sources beyond the data shown here were used.

Tallest in the country

#PeakElevation
1Mount Logan5,959 m
2Mount Saint Elias5,489 m
3Mount Lucania5,226 m
4King Peak5,173 m
5Mount Steele5,073 m
6Mount Wood4,842 m
7Mount Slaggard4,742 m
8Mount Hubbard4,557 m
9Mount Walsh4,507 m
10Mount Macaulay4,467 m

Common questions

How tall is Mount Bess?
Mount Bess rises to 3,203 m. Surveyed elevation, GeoNames.
Where is Mount Bess?
Mount Bess is in Canada, in British Columbia.
Where does Mount Bess rank?
It is the 154th highest of the 1,389 peaks we list in Canada, and #3,249 worldwide.
When was Mount Bess first climbed?
The first recorded ascent was in 1911.
What is the nearest city to Mount Bess?
Grande Prairie, Canada, about 206 km away.

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.