Mount Saskatchewan (Alberta)

Mount Saskatchewan
Mt. Saskatchewan with magnified inset of the Lighthouse Tower
Highest point
Elevation 3,342 m (10,965 ft) [1]
Prominence 1,102 m (3,615 ft) [2]
Parent peak Mount Andromeda (3450 m)[2]
Coordinates 52°05′59″N 117°05′36″W / 52.09972°N 117.09333°W / 52.09972; -117.09333Coordinates: 52°05′59″N 117°05′36″W / 52.09972°N 117.09333°W / 52.09972; -117.09333 [3]
Geography
Mount Saskatchewan
Parent range Columbia Icefield
Topo map NTS 83C/03[3]
Climbing
First ascent 1923 by Conrad Kain, W.S. Ladd, J. Monroe Thorington[2]
Easiest route technical climb
For the peak by this name in Kluane National Park, see Mount Saskatchewan (Yukon).

Mount Saskatchewan is a mountain located in the North Saskatchewan River valley of Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.

J. Norman Collie named the mountain in 1898 for the nearby Saskatchewan River.[2] One report said Collie so named it due to its possession of the headwaters of the North Saskatchewan River. [4]

Lighthouse Tower

A 75-metre pinnacle unofficially named Lighthouse Tower (elevation 2,960 m (9,710 ft)) is located on the eastern ridge of the mountain.[1] It was first climbed in 1964 by G. Boehnisch and L. Mackay.

References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Saskatchewan". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Saskatchewan". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Saskatchewan". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  4. ↑ Geographic Board of Canada. Place Names of Alberta (1928)
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