Stanley Peak

Stanley Peak is a prominent 3,155-metre summit in the Ball Range at the northeastern edge of Kootenay National Park in British Columbia, visible from the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 93. Its name has an uncertain origin: some accounts say English explorer Edward Whymper named it in 1901 for Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby and former Governor General of Canada, while others place the naming in 1912 and connect it to Stanley H. Mitchell of the Alpine Club of Canada. Stanley Glacier marks its northeast face, and the mountain is noted for hiking access, scrambling, technical climbing, ancient sedimentary rock, and a harsh subarctic climate.

British Columbia · Canada