Mount Forbes

Mount Forbes
Mount Forbes
	Mount Forbes in alpenglow, from Arctomys Peak
Highest point
Elevation	3,612 m (11,850 ft)
Prominence	1,629 m (5,344 ft)
Parent peak	Mount Columbia (3747 m)
Listing	Mountains of Alberta; Canada highest major peaks 35th; Canada prominent peaks 94th;
Coordinates	51°51′35″N 116°55′54″W / 51.85972°N 116.93167°W
Geography
	Mount Forbes Location in SW Alberta
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Protected area	Banff National Park
Parent range	Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 82N15 Mistaya Lake
Climbing
First ascent	10 August 1902 by Christian and Hans Kaufmann, J. Norman Collie, James Outram, et al.
Easiest route	rock/snow climb

Mount Forbes is the seventh tallest mountain in the Canadian Rockies and the tallest within the boundaries of Banff National Park. It is located in southwestern Alberta, 18 km (11 mi) southwest of the Saskatchewan River Crossing in Banff.^[2] The mountain was named by James Hector in 1859 after Edward Forbes, Hector's natural history professor at the University of Edinburgh during the mid-19th century.^[2]^[6]

Mount Forbes was first ascended on August 10, 1902, by the Swiss brothers Christian and Hans Kaufmann, guiding the British gentlemen J. Norman Collie, James Outram, Hugh E.M. Stutfield, George M. Weed, and Herman Woolley.^[2]^[5] The shark tooth-shaped peak can be "predominantly seen from many parts of the range. The normal route, the NW face and the N Ridge all are well worth climbing."^[7]

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^ Putnam, William L.; Kruszyna, Robert (1985). Climber's Guide The Rocky Mountains of Canada North. Banff, AB and New York: Alpine Club of Canada and American Alpine Club. p. 58. ISBN 0-930410-19-X.

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[7] Putnam, William L.; Kruszyna, Robert (1985). Climber's Guide The Rocky Mountains of Canada North. Banff, AB and New York: Alpine Club of Canada and American Alpine Club. p. 58. ISBN 0-930410-19-X.

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