Mount Aylmer

Mount Aylmer
Mount Aylmer, August 1994
Highest point
Elevation3,162 m (10,374 ft)[1][2]
Prominence1,142 m (3,747 ft)[3]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates51°19′26″N 115°26′00″W / 51.32388°N 115.43333°W / 51.32388; -115.43333[4]
Geography
Mount Aylmer is located in Alberta
Mount Aylmer
Mount Aylmer
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Protected areaBanff National Park
Parent rangePalliser Range
Topo mapNTS 82O6 Lake Minnewanka[4]
Climbing
First ascent1889 by J.J. McArthur[1]
Easiest routemoderate scramble on SW[5]

Mount Aylmer is a mountain in Banff National Park, Canada. At 3,162 m (10,374 ft), it is the highest point of the Palliser Range and the entire East Banff Ranges of the Canadian Rockies.[6] The mountain was named in 1890 by J.J. McArthur after his hometown of Aylmer, Quebec.[1][7]

The summit can be climbed via scrambling.[5] Anyone who reaches the summit is rewarded with not only a great view of Lake Minnewanka but also a summit registry box. Names collected in this box are entered into the archives of the Whyte Museum in Banff.[8]

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  3. ^ "Mount Aylmer". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2005-11-10.
  4. ^ a b "Mount Aylmer". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Kane2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Mount Alymer". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2006-09-27.
  7. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 14.
  8. ^ "Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies". Retrieved 2009-02-24.