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Mount Athabasca, Alberta

Prominence: 651 m, 2135 ft

Elevation: 3491 meters, 11,453 feet

Approx. Isolation: 8.03 km, 4.99 mi

Subpeaks	Silverhorn (3447 m/11,309 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	52° 10' 51'' N; 117° 11' 59'' W 52.18082, -117.199596 (Dec Deg) 486353E 5781169N Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	Canada
State/Province	Alberta
County/Second Level Region	Div. 15 - Banff
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Mount Athabasca": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Mount Athabasca at SummitPost.org Athabasca at Bivouac.com Lists that contain Mount Athabasca: Canadian Rocky Mountain 11,000-foot Peaks (Rank #18) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1973-08-07 by Jay Rosenthal 1982-08-12 by Greg Bramlet 2002-05-24 by Jan Triska 2003-08-04 by Craig Knelsen 2007-06-19 by Ray Cossette (Unsuccessful) 2008-08-15 by Matthias Fieles 2013-07-27 by Lupe Lunde 2014-07-26 by Kristian Kalsing (GPS Track) 2014-07-31 by Serguei Okountsev 2014-07-31 by Weiwei Yin 2016-05-14 by Serguei Okountsev (GPS Track) View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members (28 total) Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Mount Athabasca Elevation Ladder from Mount Athabasca Prominence Ladder from Mount Athabasca

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

8.03 km/4.99 mi
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
Snow Dome (W)
Isolation distance is based on NHN and is slightly overstated.

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

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Mount Athabasca from Mount Wilcox (1994-08-13). Photo by Tim Hagan.
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The summit ridge between Silverhorn and Athabasca was a treat (2014-07-26). Photo by Kristian Kalsing.
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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 Lunde.
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On the west ridge of Silverhorn en-route to Athabasca. Mt. Andromeda at the back (2016-05-14). Photo by Serguei Okountsev.
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Athabasca - North Glacier Route (2016-05-14). Photo by Serguei Okountsev.
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Athabasca - North Glacier route (2016-05-14). Photo by Weiwei Yin.
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Mount Athabasca from Wilcox Pass (2014-08-01). Photo by Weiwei Yin.
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Crossing above the huge crevase (2012-08-18). Photo by Mike Zampino.
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