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Vol I.

Pinnacle Mountain is bold and precipitous with somewhat of a castellated appearance. It is situated between Paradise Valley and the Valley of the Ten Peaks and behind or southwest of Mt. Temple, which overshadows it by upwards of 1,500 feet. Its altitude is only 10,062 ft., but the steepness of its walls on all sides, and the rottenness of its rock combine to make it extremely difficult of ascent. In fact it has so far defied the efforts of all who have attempted to reach its summit.

During the summer of 1907, the year in which the Alpine Club of Canada met in Paradise Valley, three attempts were made to conquer it. On June 24 Mr. Forde of Revelstoke with Guide Peter Kaufmann made the first attempt, the Alpine Club sent a party composed of