Garnet Peak

Garnet Peak is a 2,876-metre mountain in Wells Gray Provincial Park in British Columbia and the park’s third highest summit. A solitary pyramidal peak, it is prominent from Clearwater Valley Road but hidden from Azure Lake itself by the surrounding ridge system. Hugh Neave first saw it in 1966 and, after years of failed attempts caused by severe weather, reached the summit on 29 August 1974 with Barb Hargreaves and Tor Schmid. He named it for garnets found near the top and pioneered the only lakeshore route still used. Its difficult access, technical climbing, and unpredictable weather have kept ascents rare.

British Columbia · Canada