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Mount Wilson is a 3,260-metre peak in Banff National Park’s North Saskatchewan River valley, near Saskatchewan Crossing where three rivers meet. Named in 1898 by Norman Collie for early Rockies explorer Tom Wilson, it was first climbed in 1902 by James Outram and Christian Kaufmann, and its name was officially adopted in 1924. Formed of sedimentary rock later thrust over younger layers during the Laramide orogeny, the mountain has steep cliff bands on its west and south sides and the broad Wilson Icefield on its north and east. Its subarctic climate and frozen walls have made it a notable ice-climbing destination.
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