Trapper Peak

Trapper Peak rises on the Alberta-British Columbia border along the Continental Divide in the Wapta Icefield. The mountain has two summits, one of them accessible from Baker, and Peyto Peak lies nearby to the northeast. Walter D. Wilcox named it in 1892 for his guide, trapper Bill Peyto, and its first recorded ascent followed in 1933 by Conrad Kain and party. Its rocks were deposited in ancient shallow seas from the Precambrian to the Jurassic, then pushed eastward over younger layers during the Laramide orogeny. Trapper Peak stands in a subarctic climate marked by cold, snowy winters, mild summers, and severe wind chill.

British Columbia · Canada