Mount Athabasca

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Mount Athabasca
Mount Athabasca from the east

Mount Athabasca from the east

height 3491  m
location Alberta (Canada)
Mountains Canadian Rockies
Dominance 8.03 km →  Snow Dome
Notch height 651 m ↓  (2840 m)
Coordinates 52 ° 10 '51 "  N , 117 ° 11' 59"  W Coordinates: 52 ° 10 '51 "  N , 117 ° 11' 59"  W
Topo map Columbia Icefield 83 C / 3
Mount Athabasca (Alberta)
Mount Athabasca
First ascent 1898 by J. Norman Collie and Hermann Woolley
Mount Athabasca from the north

Mount Athabasca from the north

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The Mount Athabasca is a 3491  m high mountain in the Canadian Rocky Mountains in the province of Alberta .

Located in the Columbia Ice Field in Jasper National Park , it was first climbed in 1898 by J. Norman Collie and Hermann Woolley . A characteristic feature of it is a tip shaped like a horn near the summit, the Silverhorn (German "Silberhorn").

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