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Mount Head is a prominent mountain in Alberta near the southern end of the Highwood Range, southwest of Calgary, standing within Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park. Rising steeply above the Highwood Valley, it is a conspicuous landmark from nearby highways and drains into tributaries of the Highwood River. Its geology reflects the Lewis Overthrust and the Laramide orogeny, with older folded sedimentary rocks thrust over younger layers. Named in 1859 by John Palliser for Sir Edmund Walker Head, the mountain's name was officially adopted in 1924. The first recorded ascent was made in 1934 by Raymond M. Patterson, later honored by neighboring Patterson's Peak.
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