Mount Sifton

{{Short description|Mountain in the country of Canada}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Sifton

| photo = Mt Sifton.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Sifton, east aspect

| elevation_m = 2922

| elevation_ref =

| prominence_m = 365

| prominence_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=2354|name=Mount Sifton|access-date=2019-12-25}}

| range = Hermit Range
Selkirk Mountains

| parent_peak = Mount Rogers (3,169 m)

| listing = Mountains of British Columbia

| country = Canada

| region_type = Province

| region = British Columbia

| district = Kootenay Land District

| part_type = Protected area

| part = Glacier National Park

| map = British Columbia#Canada

| map_caption = Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 8

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Sifton

| coordinates = {{coord|51|20|11|N|117|33|10|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=JBIRV|name=Mount Sifton|access-date=2019-12-25}}

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|5}}

| rock =

| age =

| first_ascent = 1900 Arthur Michael, Edward Feuz, Friedrich Michel

| easiest_route = {{YDS|3}} Scrambling South Face

}}

Mount Sifton is a {{Convert|2922|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in Glacier National Park, in the Hermit Range of the Selkirk Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. Mount Sifton is situated {{convert|58|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of Revelstoke, and {{convert|41|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of Golden. It is also set {{convert|2.35|km|mi|abbr=on}} north-northeast of Grizzly Mountain, and {{convert|4.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of Rogers Pass from which it can be seen from the Trans-Canada Highway. The nearest higher peak is Mount Rogers, {{convert|2.17|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the north-northeast.{{cite peakbagger|2986|Mount Sifton, British Columbia|access-date=2019-12-25}} The first ascent of the mountain was made September 3, 1900, by Arthur Michael, Edward Feuz, and Friedrich Michel via the southeast ridge. The peak's name honors Sir Clifford Sifton (1861–1929), Canadian Minister of the Interior from 1896 through 1905.{{cite bcgnis|19527|Mount Sifton|2021-06-05}} The mountain's toponym was adopted in 1906, then re-approved September 8, 1932, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.