Mount Silverthrone

Mount Silverthrone
Mount Silverthrone
Silverthrone Mountain
	Northeast face of Mount Silverthrone; John Scurlock, Jagged Ridge Imaging, 2007
Highest point
Elevation	2,864 m (9,396 ft)
Prominence	975 m (3,199 ft)
Listing	Mountains of British Columbia; Canada highest major peak 80th; List of volcanoes in Canada; List of Cascade volcanoes;
Coordinates	51°31′04″N 126°06′48″W
Geography
	Mount Silverthrone British Columbia, Canada
District	Range 2 Coast Land District
Parent range	Pacific Ranges
Topo map	NTS 92M9 Machmell River
Geology
Mountain type	Lava dome
Volcanic arc/belt	Canadian Cascade Arc Pemberton/Garibaldi Belt
Climbing
First ascent	1936 Don Munday, Phyllis Munday, H. Hall, Hans Fuhrer

Mount Silverthrone, officially named Silverthrone Mountain, is a mountain in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, located over 320 km (200 mi) northwest of the city of Vancouver and about 50 km (30 mi) west of Mount Waddington, British Columbia, Canada. It is the highest peak in the Ha-Iltzuk Icefield, which is the largest icefield in the Coast Mountains south of the Alaska Panhandle.

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