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Mount Galatea, Alberta

Prominence: 335 m, 1099 ft

Elevation: 3120+ meters, 10,236+ feet

Approx. Isolation: 11.2 km, 6.96 mi

Elevation Info:

Elevation range: 3120 - 3160 m
(40-meter closed contour)

Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)

50° 50' 24'' N; 115° 16' 25'' W
50.839877, -115.273705 (Dec Deg)
621546E 5633439N Zone 11 (UTM)

Country

Canada

State/Province

Alberta

County/Second Level Region

Div. 15 - Banff

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     1999-06-19 by Jan Triska (Unsuccessful)

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Mount Galatea is perhaps the biggest challenge among the scrambling peaks in the Smith-Dorien area of the CDN Rockies. Guidebooks describe it as more mountaineering than a simple scramble. The mountain's size, its relative steepness and snow lignering for a long time even on the south slopes make it a formidable outing. The upper part of the summit ridge presents some technical difficulties and harbours ice well into the summer. The north-east face of the mountain is a supposedly unclimbed 1600 m rockwall, which, if the information is verified, would make it one of the highest unlimbed faces in the CDN Rockies.
Access to Mt. Galatea is the same as access to Mt. Fortress and Mt. Chester; from the Smith Dorien road. The starting altitude for this climb is at about 1900 m, making it a 1285 vertical relief if you summit. A worthwhile trip later in the summer - watch for bears on the alpine meadows.

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Prominence	Clean Prominence: 335 m/1099 ft Optimistic Prominence: 375 m/1230 ft Key Col: 2785 m/9137 ft
Isolation	11.2 km/6.96 mi Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Mount Sparrowhawk (N) Isolation distance is based on NHN and is slightly overstated.
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Rocky Mountains Range3: Canadian Rockies Range4: Southern Continental Ranges Range5: Kananaskis Country Range6: Kananaskis Range
Drainage Basins	Saskatchewan Cedar Lake Lake Winnipeg Nelson Hudson Bay Hudson Strait Labrador Sea Atlantic Ocean
Topo Map	Spray Lakes Reservoir 82 J/14 1:50,000
This peak was submitted to the Peakbagger.com database by Jan Triska.

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