Mount Assiniboine
| Mount Assiniboine | |
|---|---|
Canada most isolated peaks 43rd | |
| Coordinates | 50°52′10″N 115°39′03″W / 50.86944°N 115.65083°W[3] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Assiniboine Location in Alberta, on the border with British Columbia  Mount Assiniboine Mount Assiniboine (British Columbia) | |
| Location | Alberta–British Columbia border, Canada |
| Parent range | Canadian Rockies (Assiniboine Area) |
| Topo map | NTS 82J13 Mount Assiniboine[3] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1901 by James Outram, Christian Bohren and Christian Hasler[4] |
| Easiest route | rock/snow climb (II/5.5)[1] |
Mount Assiniboine, also known as Assiniboine Mountain, is a pyramidal peak mountain on the Great Divide, on the British Columbia/Alberta border in Canada.
At 3,618 m (11,870 ft), it is the highest peak in the Southern Continental Ranges of the Canadian Rockies. Mount Assiniboine rises nearly 1,525 m (5,003 ft) above Lake Magog. Because of its resemblance to the Matterhorn in the Alps, it is nicknamed the "Matterhorn of the Rockies".[5]
Mount Assiniboine was named by
Mount Assiniboine lies on the border between Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, in British Columbia, and Banff National Park, in Alberta.[6] The mountain can be reached only by a six-hour hike or horse-pack 27 km (17 mi), three-hour bike ride (now disallowed to reduce human / grizzly encounters) or helicopter.
Climbing
Mt. Assiniboine was first climbed in the summer of 1901 by James Outram, Christian Bohren and Christian Hasler.[4] In 1925, Lawrence Grassi became the first person to make a solo ascent. On August 27, 2001, Bohren's granddaughter Lonnie along with three others made a successful ascent, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first ascent.[1]
There are no
See also
- List of mountains of British Columbia
- Mountain peaks of Canada
- List of mountain peaks of North America
- List of mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
References
- ^ a b c d "Mount Assiniboine". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2003-11-02.
- ^ "Mount Assiniboine". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
- ^ a b "Mount Assiniboine". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ^ a b "Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park". BC Parks. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
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Sandford, Robert W. (2010). Ecology & Wonder in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site. Athabasca University Press. p. 60. ISBN 9781897425572. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
- ^ "Map of Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park" (PDF). BC Parks. February 28, 2018. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
External links
Media related to Mount Assiniboine at Wikimedia Commons- "Mount Assiniboine". BC Geographical Names.
- Biv Home Mount Assiniboine in Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia (Bivouac.com)
- SummitPost - Mt. Assiniboine
- "Mount Assiniboine". Peakware.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
- "Mount Assiniboine, Alberta/British Columbia". Peakbagger.com.
- ACC - Accident history
