Observation Peak

Observation Peak is a 3,174-metre summit in Banff National Park, Alberta, visible from the Icefields Parkway near Bow Summit. It was named after Boston clergyman Charles L. Noyes, who climbed it in 1898 and considered its top the finest viewpoint he had ever reached. The mountain consists of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to the Jurassic in shallow seas, then pushed eastward over younger layers during the Laramide orogeny that helped form the Canadian Rockies. In a subarctic climate, its runoff drains to the Mistaya River, and the summit is reached by a scramble route over the western slopes beyond a false summit.

Alberta · Canada