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Mist Mountain is a 3,140-metre peak in Alberta’s lower Kananaskis area of the Canadian Rockies, beside Highway 40 and visible from the road and the Sheep River. Named in 1884 by geologist George M. Dawson after a stretch of bad weather near the range’s western slopes, it is formed of sedimentary rock pushed eastward over younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. The mountain is a well-known landmark and popular hike, valued for hot springs near its base and wide summit views. Its subarctic climate brings cold, snowy winters, mild summers, and drainage into tributaries of the Highwood River.
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