Mount Assiniboine
Mount Assiniboine | |
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![]() Mount Assiniboine seen from above Lake Magog | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,618 m (11,870 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 2,086 m (6,844 ft)[2] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 50°52′10″N 115°39′03″W / 50.86944°N 115.65083°W[3] |
Geography | |
Location | Alberta–British Columbia border, Canada |
Parent range | Canadian Rockies (Assiniboine Area) |
Topo map | NTS 82J/13 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 located 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. Mt. 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]
Mt. Assiniboine was named by George M. Dawson in 1885. When Dawson saw Mt. Assiniboine from Copper Mountain, he saw a plume of clouds trailing away from the top. This reminded him of the plumes of smoke emanating from the teepees of Assiniboine Indians.[1]
Mt. Assiniboine lies on the border between Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, in British Columbia, and Banff National Park, in Alberta.[6] The park does not have any roads and thus can only be reached 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. The usual approach is via Bryant Creek. From Canmore follow the Smith-Dorien road to the Mount Shark parking lot. The trail is well signed. A helipad is also here.
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 scrambling routes up Mt. Assiniboine. The easiest mountaineering routes are the North Ridge and North Face at YDS 5.5 which are reached from the Hind Hut.
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See also
- Mountain peaks of Canada
- List of mountain peaks of North America
- List of mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
- Ranges of the Canadian Rockies
- 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.
- ^ 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
- 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