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Mount Fable, Alberta

Prominence: 140 m, 459 ft

Elevation: 2702 meters, 8865 feet

True Isolation: 3.94 km, 2.45 mi

Peak Type	Unofficially Named Peak
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	51° 7' 3'' N, 115° 13' 35'' W 51.117555, -115.226454 (Dec Deg) 624130 E 5664393 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	Canada
State/Province	Alberta
County/Second Level Region	Div. 15 - Banff
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Mount Fable": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Mount Fable at SummitPost.org Fable at Bivouac.com Weather for Mount Fable at Mountain-Forecast.com Mount Fable at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 13 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 11) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2001-05-26 by Jan Triska 2010-05-01 by Jan Triska (Unsuccessful) 2013-06-12 by H-Steven Song 2016-06-04 by Johann Schelesnak
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This peak is one of the most recognizable mountains in the Front Ranges, sitting at the end of a long, gradually sloping valley. Its south aspect is a dramatic limestone face, but the other sides reveal gentler approaches. Mt. Fable is connected to Gap Peak via a long ridge, with a prominent col at around 2550 meters. The scrambling route ascends the col, from the south-facing slopes.

Overall view of Mt. Fable, from the valley approach. Non-technical route leads just behind the left skyline (2010-05-01). Photo by Jan Triska. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 140 m/459 ft Optimistic Prominence: 140 m/459 ft Key Col: 2562 m/8406 ft
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 3.94 km/2.45 mi Isolation Limit Point: 51.1525, -115.2358 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Grotto Mountain (N)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Rocky Mountains Range3: Canadian Rockies Range4: Central Front Ranges Range5: East Banff Ranges Range6: Fairholme Range
Drainage Basins	Bow South Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Cedar Lake Lake Winnipeg Nelson Hudson Bay Hudson Strait Labrador Sea Atlantic Ocean
Topo Map	Canmore 82 O/3 1:50,000
Data Source	1:50,000 Topographic Survey Map This peak was submitted to the Peakbagger.com database by Jan Triska.
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Other Photos

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My trip partner Steve doing the hard slogging in the main gully of Mt. Fable. An early May storm deposited 30 cm of fresh snow; we were able to reach only the high col (2560m) (2010-05-01). Photo by Jan Triska.
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Water-worn approach slabs (2016-06-06). Photo by Shea Goyette.
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