Mount Verendrye
Mount Verendrye is a mountain in Canada, rising to 2,459 m, the 789th highest in Canada.
Where it is
Mount Verendrye lies in Canada, in British Columbia.
Key facts
How it ranks
Nearest peaks
| Peak | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Shanks | 2,503 m | 13 km |
| Haiduk Peak | 2,920 m | 14 km |
| Isabelle Peak | 2,938 m | 15 km |
| Isabelle Peak | 2,457 m | 16 km |
| The Monarch | 2,895 m | 16 km |
| Mount Norman | 1,999 m | 18 km |
Nearest cities
The closest places in our city dataset to Mount Verendrye.
| City | Country | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cochrane | Canada | 32,199 | 114 km |
| Calgary | Canada | 1,306,784 | 139 km |
| Airdrie | Canada | 90,044 | 146 km |
| Okotoks | Canada | 30,214 | 150 km |
| Chestermere | Canada | 32,255 | 158 km |
About this mountain
Roughly 114 km from Cochrane, British Columbia, this peak stands at approximately 2,459 m. It ranks #789 among Canadian peaks in the dataset and has a topographic prominence of 527 m. The first recorded ascent occurred in 1922. Mount Shanks lies 12.8 km away at 2,503 m; Haiduk Peak and Isabelle Peak stand 14.1 km and 14.5 km distant at 2,920 m and 2,938 m respectively.
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
| # | Peak | Elevation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mount Logan | 5,959 m |
| 2 | Mount Saint Elias | 5,489 m |
| 3 | Mount Lucania | 5,226 m |
| 4 | King Peak | 5,173 m |
| 5 | Mount Steele | 5,073 m |
| 6 | Mount Wood | 4,842 m |
| 7 | Mount Slaggard | 4,742 m |
| 8 | Mount Hubbard | 4,557 m |
| 9 | Mount Walsh | 4,507 m |
| 10 | Mount Macaulay | 4,467 m |
Common questions
- How tall is Mount Verendrye?
- Mount Verendrye rises to 2,459 m. Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model.
- Where is Mount Verendrye?
- Mount Verendrye is in Canada, in British Columbia.
- Where does Mount Verendrye rank?
- It is the 789th highest of the 1,389 peaks we list in Canada, and #6,601 worldwide.
- When was Mount Verendrye first climbed?
- The first recorded ascent was in 1922.
- What is the nearest city to Mount Verendrye?
- Cochrane, Canada, about 114 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.