Mount Fay
| Mount Fay | |
|---|---|
 Mount Fay seen from Moraine Lake | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,235 m (10,614 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 389 m (1,276 ft)[2] |
| Coordinates | 51°17′58″N 116°09′43″W / 51.29944°N 116.16194°W[3] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Fay Location on Alberta and British Columbia border | |
| Location | Alberta / British Columbia |
| Parent range | Bow Range |
| Topo map | NTS 82N/08 |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1904 Gertrude Benham, Christian Kaufmann[1] |
| Easiest route | South-West Face |
Mount Fay is a mountain located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide in the Canadian Rockies. The mountain forms part of the backdrop to Moraine Lake in the Valley of the Ten Peaks of Banff National Park. It was named in 1902 by Charles E. Fay, an early explorer of the Canadian Rockies. He was a member of the party who attempted Mount Lefroy in 1896 when the first mountaineer to be killed in the Canadian Rockies occurred.[1]
Notable ascents
- 1984 East Face (V/VI 5.8 WI5) of Mount Fay, Canadian Rockies, FA by Barry Blanchard, David Cheesmond and Carl Tobin.[4]
See also
- List of peaks on the British Columbia-Alberta border
- Mountains of Alberta
- Mountains of British Columbia
Further reading
• Dave Birrell, 50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies, PP 86 - 87
• Maurice Isserman, Continental Divide: A History of American Mountaineering
References
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- ^ "Mount Fay". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
- ^ Blanchard, Barry (Summer 2011). "Sanctum". Alpinist. 2011 (35). Jeffersonville, VT, USA: Height of Land Publications: 68–73. ISSN 1540-725X.
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