Mount Athabasca

Mount Athabasca
Mount Athabasca and North Glacier seen from Wilcox Pass
Highest point
Elevation	3,491 m (11,453 ft)[1]
Prominence	671 m (2,201 ft)[2]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates	52°10′50″N 117°12′06″W / 52.18056°N 117.20167°W / 52.18056; -117.20167[3]
Geography
Mount Athabasca Location in Alberta
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Protected area	Jasper National Park
Parent range	Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 83C3 Columbia Icefield[3]
Climbing
First ascent	1898 by J. Norman Collie and Herman Woolley[1]
Easiest route	Scramble, glacier, snow climb

Mount Athabasca is in the Columbia Icefield of Jasper National Park in Canada. The mountain was named in 1898 by J. Norman Collie, who made the first ascent on August 18 of that year.^[1] Athabasca is the Cree language name for "where there are reeds", which originally referred to Lake Athabasca. Mount Athabasca is unusual, in that water flows to the Pacific Ocean from the western slope, the Arctic Ocean from the northeastern slope, and to Hudson Bay from the southeastern slope.^{[4][better source needed]}