Mount Wintour

Mount Wintour is a 2,700-metre summit in Alberta’s Opal Range, rising in the Kananaskis River Valley within Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. Its north end forms the south canyon wall of King Creek, a noted ice-climbing area, and the peak itself is a technical climb with North Ridge and South Ridge routes rated class 5.4. Named for Royal Navy Captain Charles John Wintour, who died when HMS Tipperary was sunk at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, the mountain’s name was officially adopted in 1928. Its first recorded ascent came in August 1968. Mount Wintour is composed of ancient sedimentary rock later thrust eastward during the Laramide orogeny.

Alberta · Canada