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Eiffel Peak, Alberta

Prominence: 465 m, 1525 ft

Elevation: 3077 meters, 10,095 feet

Approx. Isolation: 2.88 km, 1.79 mi

Peak Type

Unofficially Named Peak

Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)

51° 19' 59'' N; 116° 14' 9'' W
51.332979, -116.235919 (Dec Deg)
553230E 5687132N Zone 11 (UTM)

Country

Canada

State/Province

Alberta

County/Second Level Region

Div. 15 - Banff

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Selected Trip Reports from this site:
     1995-08-31 by Jan Triska
     2011-09-05 by Adam Walker

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Separated from the neighbouring Pinnacle Mountain by a high, airy col, Eiffel peak is a mountain in the limestone and shale range right across the world famous Ten Peaks' Valley. It is also quite close to Mount Temple, the highest non-technical peak in the Canadian Rockies. The entire area is a climbers' and hikers' paradise.
Access to Eiffel Peak is through the Larch Valley trail and then by gaining the obvious ridge which extends SE from the peak. Just park at Morraine Lake and take the trail, and leave the trail about halfway up. Visual orientation is straightforward. Alan Kane's guide to the Rockies has a good description. The main route is a somewhat difficult scramble - orientation is easy but some of the terrain is steep and thus not for the faint of the heart (and is easier ascending than descending). The advantage is that one doesn't have to bushwhack on the approach. Take an ice axe if snow cover persists. This is a classic Canadian Rockies summit at a fraction of the effort required for some of the more remote mountains there.

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Prominence	Clean Prominence: 465 m/1525 ft Optimistic Prominence: 465 m/1525 ft Key Col: Sentinel Pass 2612 m/8570 ft Topo Map: Lake Louise 82 N/8 1:50,000 Key Col Lat/Long: 51° 20' 26'' N; 116° 13' 19'' W Key Col Map Links: Bing Maps MSN/Encarta Google Maps
Isolation	2.88 km/1.79 mi Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Mount Temple (NE) 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: Banff-Lake Louise Core Area Range6: Bow Range
Drainage Basins	Saskatchewan Cedar Lake Lake Winnipeg Nelson Hudson Bay Hudson Strait Labrador Sea Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Banff National Park
Topo Map	Lake Louise 82 N/8 1:50,000
This peak was submitted to the Peakbagger.com database by Jan Triska.

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