North America, Canada, British Columbia, Battle Range, Southern Selkirks

Publication Year: 1960.

Battle Range, Southern Selkirks. Last summer two groups from the Dartmouth Mountaineering Club explored a large portion of the Battle Range in the southern Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia. Douglas Anger, an A.A.C. member was with one of these parties. The first unit spent 21 days in July exploring and climbing the peaks Sterling Hendricks called the "Nemo" group, which lie at the confluence of Houston Creek and the Duncan River. We made the first ascents of Mount Nemo (9700 feet), an unnamed spire (9900 feet) and Mount Nautilus (10,400 feet), before traveling to the headwaters of the Houston to make the first ascent of Mount Moby Dick (10,500 feet), which lies due east of Butters. In August, a second group returned to the head of Houston Creek and made three first ascents. One of them, named Scylla by A. J. Kauffman and N. Brewster in 1947, was 10,100 feet. The other two were Mount Goodrich (ca. 9500 feet) and Wrong Peak (ca. 9700 feet).

Samuel Silverstein, Dartmouth Mountaineering Club