Mount Assiniboine , also known as Assiniboine Mountain , is a pyramidal peak mountain on the Great Divide , on the British Columbia / Alberta border in Canada .
5-744: At 3,618 m (11,870 ft), it is the highest peak in the Southern Continental Ranges of the Canadian Rockies . Mount Assiniboine rises nearly 1,525 m (5,003 ft) above Lake Magog. Because of its resemblance to the Matterhorn in the Alps, it is nicknamed the "Matterhorn of the Rockies". Mount Assiniboine was named by George M. Dawson in 1885. When Dawson saw Mount Assiniboine from Copper Mountain , he saw
10-668: A plume of clouds trailing away from the top. This reminded him of the plumes of smoke emanating from the teepees of the Assiniboine people . Mount Assiniboine lies on the border between Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park , in British Columbia, and Banff National Park , in Alberta. The mountain can be reached only by a six-hour hike or horse-pack 27 km (17 mi), three-hour bike ride (now disallowed to reduce human / grizzly encounters) or helicopter. Mt. Assiniboine
15-625: The North Ridge and North Face at YDS 5.5 which are reached from the Hind Hut. Continental Ranges The Continental Ranges is a major grouping of mountain ranges in the Rocky Mountains located in eastern British Columbia and western Alberta . It is a physiographic designation for use by geologists and is not used by the general public; it is not recognized in Alberta, and does not appear on topographic maps, although
20-907: The names of its subranges (the Kootenay , Park or Main Ranges, and Front Ranges ) are in common use. It is the largest and best-known of the three main such subdivisions of the Canadian Rockies , the others being the Hart Ranges and the Muskwa Ranges . There are three main subdivisions of the Continental Ranges: the Front Ranges , the Park Ranges , and the Kootenay Ranges . Each of those three subdivisions
25-425: Was first climbed in the summer of 1901 by James Outram , Christian Bohren and Christian Hasler . In 1925, Lawrence Grassi became the first person to make a solo ascent. On August 27, 2001, Bohren's granddaughter Lonnie along with three others made a successful ascent, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first ascent. There are no scrambling routes up Mt. Assiniboine. The easiest mountaineering routes are
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