Mount Athabasca, Alberta

Subpeaks	Silverhorn (3447 m/11,309 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	52° 10' 51'' N, 117° 11' 59'' W 52.18082, -117.199596 (Dec Deg) 486353 E 5781169 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	Canada
State/Province	Alberta
County/Second Level Region	Div. 15 - Banff
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Mount Athabasca and the Columbia Icefield are barely visible through the clouds in this view from Mount Wilcox (1992-08-07).
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 651 m/2135 ft   Optimistic Prominence: 671 m/2200 ft   Line Parent: Snow Dome   Key Col: 2840 m/9318 ft
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 8.03 km/4.99 mi    Isolation Limit Point: 52.1875, -117.3167 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Snow Dome  (W)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Rocky Mountains Range3: Canadian Rockies Range4: Central Main Ranges Range5: Columbia Icefield Area Range6: Columbia Icefield
Drainage Basins	Athabasca Mackenzie Beaufort Sea Arctic Ocean North Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Cedar Lake Lake Winnipeg Nelson Hudson Bay Hudson Strait Labrador Sea Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Banff National Park/Jasper National Park
Topo Map	Columbia Icefield 83 C/3 1:50,000
First Ascent	1898 Collie Wooley
Data Source	1:50,000 Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Mount Athabasca from Mount Wilcox (1994-08-13). Photo by Tim Hagan. Click here for larger-size photo.

The summit ridge between Silverhorn and Athabasca was a treat (2014-07-26). Photo by Kristian Kalsing. Click here for larger-size photo.

Lupe at viewpoint SW of Wilcox Pass. (L to R): Mt. Athabasca, Mt. Andromeda, Athabasca Glacier. Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada (2014-07-29). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.

On the west ridge of Silverhorn en-route to Athabasca. Mt. Andromeda at the back (2016-05-14). Photo by Serguei Okountsev. Click here for larger-size photo.

Athabasca - North Glacier Route (2016-05-14). Photo by Serguei Okountsev. Click here for larger-size photo.

Athabasca - North Glacier route (2016-05-14). Photo by Weiwei Yin. Click here for larger-size photo.

Mount Athabasca from Wilcox Pass (2014-08-01). Photo by Weiwei Yin. Click here for larger-size photo.

Crossing above the huge crevase (2012-08-18). Photo by Mike Zampino. Click here for larger-size photo.

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