Mount Blakiston

Mount Blakiston
Mount Blakiston
Highest point
Elevation2,910 m (9,550 ft)[1]
Prominence1,149 m (3,770 ft)[2]
Parent peakKintla Peak 3071 m[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates49°05′39″N 114°02′06″W / 49.09417°N 114.03500°W / 49.09417; -114.03500[3]
Geography
Mount Blakiston is located in Alberta
Mount Blakiston
Mount Blakiston
Mount Blakiston is located in Canada
Mount Blakiston
Mount Blakiston
Mount Blakiston (Canada)
Parent rangeClark Range
Topo mapNTS 82G1 Sage Creek[3]
Climbing
First ascentUnknown[4]
Easiest routeModerate scramble[5]

Mount Blakiston is a mountain in the southwestern corner of Alberta, Canada and the highest point within Waterton Lakes National Park. The mountain is situated in the Clark Range, north of Lineham Creek and south of Blakiston Creek. Blakiston's closest neighbours include Mount Hawkins 2,685 m (8,809 ft) directly to the west along a connecting ridge and Mount Lineham 2,728 m (8,950 ft) to the south.

The mountain was named in 1858 for Thomas Blakiston, a member of the Palliser Expedition.[1][6]

The Lineham Creek hiking trail passes along the foot of the southern slopes of the mountain and for capable scramblers, Blakiston's rubbly but steep southern slopes provide a suitable line of ascent.[5] An ascent in 1942 by J. Gibson and G. Williams found an unmarked cairn on the summit so the first ascent party is unknown.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Mount Blakiston". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
  2. ^ a b "Mount Blakiston". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Blakiston". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Thorington1966 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Kane1999 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 21.