Listing Mountains of Alberta Easiest route easy/moderate scramble Prominence 644 m Parent range Canadian Rockies | Topo map NTS 82N/09 Elevation 3,174 m Mountain range Canadian Rockies | |
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First ascent 1895 by Bill Peyto and Walter Wilcox Similar Cirque Peak, Caldron Peak, Peyto Peak, Mount Hector, Mount Patterson | ||
Observation Peak is a mountain located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The mountain can be seen from the Icefields Parkway near the Bow Summit.
The peak was named in 1898 by Charles L. Noyes, a Boston clergyman, who upon climbing to the top found it to have the best viewpoint he had ever reached.
The mountain can be scrambled using the western slopes and after reaching the top of the false summit, a 20 minute plod to the northwest leads to the true summit about 100 metres (328 ft) higher.
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