Wasootch Peak

Wasootch Peak is a 2,352-metre mountain in Alberta’s Canadian Rockies, in the Fisher Range of Kananaskis Country. At the north end of the ridge between Wasootch Creek and Porcupine Creek, it is readily seen from Highway 40 and stands out from the slopes of Nakiska. Its name comes from the Stoney word wazi, meaning unique. The mountain is formed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to the Jurassic in shallow seas and later thrust eastward over younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. It lies in a subarctic climate, with severe winter cold, and its runoff feeds Wasootch Creek and the Kananaskis River.

Alberta · Canada