Mount Palmer (Alberta)

Mount Palmer is a mountain located in the Athabasca River Valley of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada.[1]

Mount Palmer
Mount Palmer is located in Alberta
Mount Palmer
Mount Palmer
Location in Alberta
Highest point
Elevation3,150 m (10,330 ft)[1][2]
Prominence270 m (890 ft)[3]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates52°21′10″N 117°31′14″W[4]
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Protected areaJasper National Park
Parent rangeWinston Churchill Range
Topo mapNTS 83C5 Fortress Lake
Climbing
First ascent1953 by G. Harr, G. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Mendenhall, R. Van Aken[1][3]
Easiest routerock/snow climb

Mt. Palmer lies southeast of Gong Lake. The mountain was named after American Howard Palmer, an early 20th-century explorer of the Selkirks and the Canadian Rockies.[1][3]

See also

References

  1. "Mount Palmer". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  2. "Topographic map of Mount Palmer". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  3. "Mount Palmer". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  4. "Mount Palmer". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2013-05-17.


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