Mount Athabasca

CountryCanadaProvinceAlbertaProtected areaJasper National ParkParent rangeCanadian RockiesTopo mapNTS 83C3 Columbia Icefield^[3]ClimbingFirst ascent1898 by J. Norman Collie and Herman Woolley^[1]Easiest routeScramble, 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]}

Routes

There are several climbing routes, including:^[1]

• North Glacier (Normal Route) II
• Silverhorn II
• AA Col II
• Regular North Face III 5.8
• North Ridge III 5.5
• The Hourglass 300m, III, AI3-4

One of the most prominent features of Mount Athabasca is a horned-shaped tip near the top called the "Silverhorn". The Silverhorn is one of the easier routes to the summit but requires more caution and ability than the normal route because of blue ice and falling ice from other parties. Although not apparent from the typical roadside view of the mountain, the south side of Silverhorn contains a scrambling route but one must still cross the north glacier to get to it. From the top of the Silverhorn, the summit is a rather easy 15-minute plod in good summer weather over the narrow snow-covered summit ridge.

References

External links

• "Mount Athabasca". Peakware.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
• Mount Athabasca on C.R.A.G.

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International	Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site Waterton Biosphere Reserve Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
National	Parks Banff Jasper Kootenay Yoho Waterton Lakes Historic Sites Jasper House Jasper Park Information Centre Yellowhead Pass Athabasca Pass Howse Pass Kootenae House Kicking Horse Pass Skoki Ski Lodge Twin Falls Tea House Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin Cave and Basin Banff Park Museum Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station First Oil Well in Western Canada
Provincial (AB)	Parks Bow Valley Bragg Creek Elbow-Sheep Ghost River Kananaskis Peter Lougheed Sheep River Siffleur Spray Valley White Goat Willmore Historic Sites Frank Slide
Provincial (BC)	Akamina-Kishinena Close To The Edge Dune Za Keyih (Frog-Gataga) Elk Lakes Graham-Laurier Hamber Height of the Rockies Hole-in-the-Wall Kakwa Kikomun Creek Kwadacha Mount Assiniboine Mount Fernie Mount Robson Muncho Lake Northern Rocky Mountains Pine Le Moray Stone Mountain Muskwa-Kechika

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