Mount Hector (Alberta)

Mount Hector
Mt. Hector as seen from the Icefields Parkway
Highest point
Elevation3,394 m (11,135 ft)[1][2][3]
Prominence1,759 m (5,771 ft)[1]
[2](Kicking Horse Pass)
Parent peakMount Victoria[2]
Listing
Coordinates51°34′30″N 116°15′34″W / 51.57500°N 116.25944°W / 51.57500; -116.25944[4]
Geography
Mount Hector is located in Alberta
Mount Hector
Mount Hector
Mount Hector is located in Canada
Mount Hector
Mount Hector
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Protected areaBanff National Park
Parent rangeMurchison Group
Topo mapNTS 82N9 Hector Lake[4]
Geology
Rock ageCambrian
Rock typeSedimentary rock
Climbing
First ascent1895
Easiest routerock/snow/glacier climb
Mount Hector from Fairview Mountain

Mount Hector is a 3,394-metre (11,135-foot) mountain summit located in the Bow River valley of Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. The mountain was named in 1884 by George M. Dawson after James Hector, a geologist on the Palliser expedition.[5][6] The mountain is located beside the Icefields Parkway, 17 km (11 mi) north of Lake Louise.

The first ascent was made in 1895 by Philip S. Abbot, Charles Fay and Charles S. Thompson.[2]

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  4. ^ a b "Mount Hector". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
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  6. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 63.