Elevation 3,284 m Prominence 934 m | Topo map NTS 82N/09 First ascent 1898 | |
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First ascenders G.M. Weed, Charles S. Thompson, C.L. Noyes Similar Diadem Peak, Mount Cromwell, Mont des Poilus, Mount Brazeau, Mount Woolley | ||
Mount Balfour is a mountain located on the Continental Divide, part of the border between British Columbia and Alberta, in the Waputik Range in the Park Ranges of the Canadian Rockies.It is the 49th highest peak in Alberta and the 63rd highest in British Columbia; it is also the 52nd most prominence in Alberta.
Map of Mount Balfour, Columbia-Shuswap A, BC, Canada
The mountain was named by James Hector in 1859 after Professor John Hutton Balfour, a Scottish botanist and instructor at the University of Edinburgh where Hector had studied.
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