Observation Peak (Alberta)

Observation Peak
Observation Peak
	Observation Peak, July 2003
Highest point
Elevation	3,174 m (10,413 ft)
Prominence	644 m (2,113 ft)
Listing	Mountains of Alberta
Geography
	Observation Peak Alberta, Canada
Parent range	Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 82N/09
Climbing
First ascent	1895 by Bill Peyto and Walter Wilcox
Easiest route	easy/moderate scramble

Observation Peak is a mountain located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The mountain can be seen from the Icefields Parkway near the Bow Summit.

The peak was named in 1898 by Charles L. Noyes, a Boston clergyman, who upon climbing to the top found it to have the best viewpoint he had ever reached.^[2]^[1]

The mountain can be scrambled using the western slopes and after reaching the top of the false summit, a 20 minute plod to the northwest leads to the true summit about 100 metres (328 ft) higher.^[3]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Observation Peak". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
^ Alan Kane (1999). Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies. Rocky Mountain Books. p. 298. ISBN 0-921102-67-4.

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[bivouac-2] "Observation Peak". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2012-06-29.

[kane-3] Alan Kane (1999). Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies. Rocky Mountain Books. p. 298. ISBN 0-921102-67-4.

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