Mount Erasmus | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,265 m (10,712 ft)[1][2] |
Prominence | 735 m (2,411 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Mount Lyell (3498 m)[1] |
Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
Coordinates | 51°57′35″N 116°55′16″W / 51.95972°N 116.92111°W[3] |
Geography | |
Location | Alberta, Canada |
Parent range | Lyell Group, Central Icefields Canadian Rockies |
Topo map | NTS 82N15 Mistaya Lake[3] |
Geology | |
Rock type | Sedimentary |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1950 J. C. Oberlin, F. D. Ayres[4][5] |
Easiest route | Mountaineering |
Mount Erasmus is a 3,265-metre (10,712-foot) mountain summit located in the North Saskatchewan River valley of Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Amery, 9.41 km (5.85 mi) to the north-northwest.[2] Mount Erasmus can be seen from the Icefields Parkway west of Saskatchewan Crossing, with optimum photography conditions in morning light.
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