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{{Short description|Mountain in Alaska and British Columbia}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Root
| other_name = Boundary Peak 165
| etymology = [[Elihu Root]]
| photo = Mt. Root.jpg
| photo_alt =
| photo_caption = West aspect of Mt. Root centered.<br />([[Mount Watson (Alaska)|Mount Watson]] to left)
| elevation_ft = 12,887
| elevation_ref = {{ngvd29}}<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger |pid=564 |name=Mount Root, British Columbia/Alaska |access-date=2011-06-07}}</ref>
| prominence_ft = 2913
| prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/>
| range = [[Fairweather Range]]
| listing = {{unbulleted list
| [[List of highest mountain peaks of Canada|Canada highest major peaks]] 24th
| [[List of mountains of British Columbia|Mountains of British Columbia]]}}
| parent_peak = [[Mount Fairweather]]
| location = [[Stikine Region]], [[British Columbia]]<br/>[[Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve]], [[Alaska]]
| map = USA Alaska#Canada British Columbia
| map_caption = Location in Alaska##Location in British Columbia
| map_size = 208
| label =
| label_position =
| coordinates = {{coord|58|59|08|N|137|30|01|W|type:mountain_scale:100000_source:bcgnis|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = <ref name="bcgnis">{{cite bcgnis |id=25695 |name=Mount Root |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref>
| topo = [[National Topographic System|NTS]] {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|114|I|13}}<ref name=cgndb/><br/>[[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] Mount Fairweather D-5<ref name="gnis"/>
| first_ascent = 1977 by Laurel Adkins, Thomas Distler, George Fisher, Walter Gove<ref name=aaj_1978/>
| easiest_route = [[Ice climbing|Ice climb]]<ref name="bivouac"/>
}}

'''Mount Root''', also named '''Boundary Peak 165''',<ref name="gnis"/> is a mountain in [[Alaska]] and [[British Columbia]], located on the [[Canada–United States border]], and part of the [[Fairweather Range]] of the [[Saint Elias Mountains]]. It is named for [[Elihu Root]], who was one of the diplomats involved in settling the [[Alaska boundary dispute]] between the United States and Canada.<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis |id=1420603 |name=Mount Root |access-date=2011-06-07}}</ref> It is where the [[Margerie Glacier]] is located.

The [[first ascent]] was made June 13, 1977, by Laurel Adkins, Thomas Distler, George Fisher and Walter Gove via the East Ridge.<ref name=aaj_1978/>{{efn|The NPS says the FA was on June 18, 1974<ref name=nps/> but AAJ 1975 states this was the date of the FA of nearby [[Mount Watson (Alaska)|Mt. Watson]] with a different party composition.<ref name=aaj_1975/>}} It involved 22 pitches of [[ice climbing]].<ref name=aaj_1978/>

==See also==
*[[List of Boundary Peaks of the Alaska–British Columbia/Yukon border]]

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=aaj_1978>
{{cite aaj | article_id=12197504300 | title = The Grand Plateau Glacier Revisited
| year = 1978 | volume = 21 | issue = 2 | pages = 397-402
| first=Walter R.|last=Gove| access-date=2025-03-20}}</ref>
<ref name=aaj_1975>
{{cite aaj | article_id=12197504300 | title = Mount Watson and the Grand Plateau Glacier
| year = 1975 | volume = 20 | issue = 1
| first1=Walter |last1=Gove | first2=Donald J. | last2=Liska
| access-date=2025-03-20 | links=off}}</ref>
<ref name="bivouac">{{cite bivouac |id=234 |name=Mount Root|access-date=2025-03-20}}</ref>
<ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=JBTTW|name=Mount Root|access-date=2025-03-20}}</ref>
<ref name=nps>
{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/glba/learn/historyculture/mtroot.htm|title=Mount Root
|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|access-date=November 15, 2023}}</ref>
}}
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[[Category:Three-thousanders of the United States]]
[[Category:Three-thousanders of British Columbia]]
[[Category:Saint Elias Mountains]]
[[Category:Canada–United States border]]
[[Category:International mountains of North America]]
[[Category:Mountains of Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska]]
[[Category:Cassiar Land District]]

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Mount Root - Revision history

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