INVERNESS 2670m 8760′
Located 0.7 kilometres directly south of Marten Mountain. This may be Inverness Mountain but the name has been placed low on its southeast ridge on a small summit.
The higher summit behind it (2670m) was possibly not visible from the valley to the east or from its lower slopes, and the lower summit may be the peak that the miners knew (Scotch miners from Inverness?). There are no mining claims on either side of Un. 2670m. Read the story in the next paragraph.
It is said that Inverness Mountain was climbed at night by a drunken miner unable to find the mineshaft. He was found at the summit by his friends in the morning.
1. Southwest Ridge. The southwest ridge is easy; July 24, 1969. (The access in 1969 was from the old Kane Creek road and up the Marten Creek trail on the creek’s northeast side.
Climb toward a prominent ridge which runs east to west, above a small lake west-southwest of Inverness (not the named point on the map). Reach the ridge at 2000m (6560 feet) altitude (above the lake), cross a shallow basin, followed by a deep gully, and open hillside, to gain the southwest ridge.
The descent was by the northwest ridge to a point where one can descend to the basin between Inverness and Marten. They then climbed Marten and Dolly Varden.
2. Upper Northwest Ridge. See Route 1,
3. West For access, consult the Hicks Creek road in introduction (or Mount McHardy, or Route 1, for old access). The west couloir is on the west side just south of the northwest ridge. It becomes steeper as it angles right near the top. (II,3,s).
FRA by David Cunningham, Frank Fodor, Rudy Goerzen, Don Harasym, Vicki Hart, Ted Ibrahim, Peter Jordan, Gerda Lang, Ray Neumar, Gene Van Dyck and Bi11 Sones, 29/6/2003.
