Mount Low (Canada)

Mount Low
Mount Low is located in Alberta
Mount Low
Mount Low
Location within Alberta
Mount Low is located in British Columbia
Mount Low
Mount Low
Location within British Columbia
Mount Low is located in Canada
Mount Low
Mount Low
Location within Canada
Highest point
Elevation3,090 m (10,140 ft)[1][2]
Prominence130 m (430 ft)
Parent peakMount Barlow (3143 m)[3]
Listing
Coordinates51°43′00″N 116°48′06″W / 51.71667°N 116.80167°W / 51.71667; -116.80167[4]
Geography
Country
Canada
Provinces
Alberta and British Columbia
Protected area
Banff National Park
Parent rangePark Ranges
Topo mapNTS 82N10 Blaeberry River[4]
Climbing
First ascent1930 by O.E. Cromwell and J. Monroe. Thorington guided by P. Kaufmann[5]

Mount Low is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1920 after the Canadian geologist and explorer A. P. Low[1][3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Low". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  2. ↑ "Topographic map of Mount Low". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Low". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  4. 1 2 "Mount Low (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  5. ↑ Thorington, J. Monroe (1931). "Climbs in the Freshfield and other Groups of the Canadian Rockies, 1930" (PDF). Alpine Journal. #43: 75–80. ISSN 0065-6569. Retrieved 1 August 2026.