Mount Assiniboine

Mount Assiniboine seen from Sunburst Lake from

, Also called Mount Assiniboine Assiniboine Mountain, is a mountain in Canada. It rises on the Continental Divide on the border between British Columbia and Alberta.

With 3618 meters it is the highest peak in the southern part of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Due to the pyramidal shape of Mount Assiniboine Mount is often called the " Matterhorn" of the Rocky Mountains. Mount Assiniboine rises almost 1525 meters above the Lake Magog.

Mount Assiniboine was named by George M. Dawson in 1885. As Dawson Mount Assiniboine saw from Copper Mountain ago, he saw a cloud plume from the summit moved away. This reminded him of the pillars of smoke which ascended from the tepees of the Assiniboine Indians.

The mountain lies on the border between Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park in British Columbia and the Banff National Park in Alberta.

History

Traveling by horse, the mountaineer Walter Wilcox, accompanied by Barret and JF Porter and performed by Bill Peyto the first time the Mount Assiniboine orbits. Although he noted at that time that it was too difficult to climb this mountain, Wilcox returned in 1899 back to a try. But he had to give up due to bad weather. The following year, 1900, two brothers from Chicago, had to be accompanied by two Swiss guides, reverse the steep cliffs of Mount Assiniboine. Wilcox tried again in 1901, but had to 300 meters below the summit give up in frustration due to heavy rain and snow.

Just five weeks later, on September 3, 1901 they finally succeeded Sir James Outram, accompanied by the two Swiss guides Christian Hasler and Christian Bohren, to climb the summit via the south-west wall to cross the summit and descend via the north ridge.