Everything about Mount Assiniboine totally explained
Mount Assiniboine, also known as
Assiniboine Mountain, is a
mountain located on the
Continental Divide, on the
British Columbia/
Alberta border in
Canada.
At, it's the highest peak in the Southern
Continental Ranges of the
Canadian Rockies. Due to Assiniboine's pyramidal shape, it has been unofficially named the "
Matterhorn" of
North America. Mt. Assiniboine rises nearly above
Lake Magog.
Mt. Assiniboine was named by
George M. Dawson in
1885. When Dawson saw Mt. Assiniboine from
Copper Mountain, he saw a plume of clouds trailing away from the top. This reminded him of the plumes of smoke emanating from the
teepees of
Assiniboine Indians.
Mt. Assiniboine was first climbed in
1901 by
James Outram,
Christian Bohren and
Christian Hasler. In
1925,
Lawrence Grassie became the first person to make a solo ascent. On
August 27,
2001, Bohren's granddaughter Lonnie along with three others made a successful ascent, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first ascent.
Mt. Assiniboine is enclosed within
Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, which borders
Banff National Park to the west. The park doesn't have any roads and thus can only be reached by a six hour hike, three hour bike ride (now disallowed to reduce human / grizzly encounters) or helicopter. The usual approach is via Bryant Creek. From
Canmore, Alberta follow the Smith-Dorien road to the
Mount Shark parking lot. The trail is well signed. A helipad is also here.
There are no
scrambling routes up Mt. Assiniboine. The easiest
mountaineering routes are the North Ridge and North Face at
YDS 5.5 which are reached from the Hind Hut.
Trivia
Mt. Assiniboine was depicted on the first generation of one piece Drivers Licences for the province of Alberta.
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