Mount Assiniboine

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Mount Assiniboine
Mount Assiniboine as seen from Sunburst Lake

Mount Assiniboine from Sunburst Lake viewed from

height 3618  m
location British Columbia , Alberta ( Canada )
Mountains Canadian Rockies
Coordinates 50 ° 52 '10 "  N , 115 ° 39' 3"  W Coordinates: 50 ° 52 '10 "  N , 115 ° 39' 3"  W.
Mount Assiniboine, British Columbia
Mount Assiniboine
First ascent September 3, 1901 by James Outram, Christian Hasler and Christian Bohren

Mount Assiniboine , also called Assiniboine Mountain , is a mountain in Canada . It rises on the continental divide on the border between British Columbia and Alberta .

At 3618  m it is the highest peak in the southern part of the Canadian Rocky Mountains . Because of the pyramidal shape of Mount Assiniboine, the mountain is often called the " Matterhorn " of the Rocky Mountains . Mount Assiniboine rises nearly 1,525 m above Lake Magog .

Mount Assiniboine was named by George M. Dawson in 1885. When Dawson saw Mount Assiniboine from Copper Mountain, he saw a plume of cloud pull away from the summit. This reminded him of the columns of smoke which of the tepees of the Assiniboine ascended Indians.

The mountain lies on the border between Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park in British Columbia and Banff National Park in Alberta.

history

Traveling on horseback, mountaineer Walter Wilcox, accompanied by Barret and JF Porter and guided by Bill Peyto, circled Mount Assiniboine for the first time. Although he noted at the time that it was too difficult to climb this mountain, Wilcox returned in 1899 for a try. But he had to give up because of bad weather. The following year, 1900, two brothers from Chicago, accompanied by two Swiss guides, had to turn back on the steep cliffs of Mount Assiniboine. Wilcox tried again in 1901 but had to give up in frustration 300 meters below the summit due to heavy rain and snow.

Only five weeks later, on September 3, 1901, James Outram , accompanied by the two Swiss guides Christian Hasler and Christian Bohren, finally managed to climb the summit via the southwest face, cross the summit and descend via the north ridge.

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