Mount Girouard | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,995 m (9,826 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 1,455 m (4,774 ft)[2] |
Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
Coordinates | 51°14′10″N 115°24′11″W / 51.23611°N 115.40306°W[3] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Protected area | Banff National Park |
Parent range | Fairholme Range |
Topo map | NTS 82O3 Canmore[3] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1938 by E.E. Bishop and D.R. Crosby[1][2] |
Easiest route | rock climb |
Mount Girouard is the highest peak of the Fairholme Range in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Mt. Girouard is located in the Bow River valley south of Lake Minnewanka.
The mountain was named in 1904 after Sir Édouard Girouard, a railway builder in Africa during the rule of the British Empire.[1][2]