Mount Smuts | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,938 m (9,639 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 591 m (1,939 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Mount Birdwood (3,097 m)[1] |
Isolation | 2.8 km (1.7 mi)[2] |
Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
Coordinates | 50°48′28″N 115°23′13″W / 50.80778°N 115.38694°W[3] |
Geography | |
Location | Alberta, Canada |
Parent range | Spray Mountains Canadian Rockies |
Topo map | NTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir[3] |
Geology | |
Rock age | Cambrian |
Rock type | Limestone |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1926 M. Crosby, M. Kennard, H. S. Crosby, C. A. Willard, Rudolph Aemmer[1] |
Easiest route | Scrambling[4] |
Mount Smuts is a 2,938-metre (9,639-foot) mountain summit located in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It is set in the Spray Valley near the northern end of the Spray Mountains range. It is situated on the common boundary shared by Peter Lougheed Provincial Park with Banff National Park. Mount Smuts is not visible from any road in Banff Park, however it can be seen from Alberta Highway 742, also known as Smith-Dorrien/Spray Trail in Kananaskis Country. Mount Smuts' nearest higher neighbor is Mount Birdwood, 2.8 km (1.7 mi) to the south-southeast.[1]