Trapper Peak (Canada)
Trapper Peak | |
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![]() ![]() Trapper Peak Location in Alberta | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,988 m (9,803 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 128 m (420 ft)[2] |
Listing | Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia |
Coordinates | 51°40′38″N 116°35′27″W / 51.67722°N 116.59083°WCoordinates: 51°40′38″N 116°35′27″W / 51.67722°N 116.59083°W[3] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
Parent range | Waputik Mountains |
Topo map | NTS 82N10 Blaeberry River[3] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | July 21, 1933 by H.S. Kingman, J.M. Thorington, C. Kain[4][1][2] |
Trapper Peak is a mountain in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, located on their border along the Continental Divide in the Wapta Icefield.
Trapper Peak has two summits, one accessible from Baker. Peyto Peak is located 2 km (1 mi) to the north-east.
The peak was originally named in 1892 by Walter D. Wilcox to honor his guide, trapper Bill Peyto, and the first ascent was in 1933 by Conrad Kain and party.[2][4]
See also[]
- List of peaks on the British Columbia-Alberta border
References[]
- ^ a b "Trapper Peak". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
- ^ a b c "Trapper Peak". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
- ^ a b "Trapper Peak (AB)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
- ^ a b Thorington, J. Monroe (1966) [1921]. "Kicking Horse Pass to Howse Pass". A Climber's Guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada. With the collaboration of Putnam, William Lowell (6th ed.). American Alpine Club. p. 152. ISBN 978-1376169003.
Categories:
- Two-thousanders of Alberta
- Two-thousanders of British Columbia
- Borders of Alberta
- Borders of British Columbia
- Canadian Rockies
- Great Divide of North America
- Alberta geography stubs
- British Columbia Interior geography stubs