Threepoint Mountain

Threepoint Mountain is a 2,595-metre summit in Alberta’s Canadian Rockies, in the Elbow River valley of Kananaskis Country southwest of Calgary. Visible from Highway 66, it takes its name from its three-pointed profile, and Bluerock Mountain, 4.7 kilometres to the south, is its nearest higher neighbour. Its name was officially adopted in 1951 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada. The mountain is formed of sedimentary rock deposited from the Precambrian to the Jurassic and later thrust eastward over younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. It stands in a subarctic climate, with drainage feeding tributaries of the Elbow River.

Alberta · Canada