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Mount Cromwell rises in the Sunwapta River Valley of Jasper National Park, Alberta, north of Stutfield Peak in a Rocky Mountain landscape draining to the Athabasca River. Named in 1972 for American climber Oliver Eaton “Tony” Cromwell, it honors a mountaineer associated with many first ascents in the Canadian Rockies. Its first ascent is generally credited to Cromwell, E. Cromwell Jr., Francis S. North, and J. Monroe Thorington in 1936, though another account places it in 1938 and includes guide Edward Feuz Jr. Formed of sedimentary rock from the Precambrian to Jurassic and thrust eastward during the Laramide orogeny, it also drew attention in 2005 when a GPS summit reading suggested it may exceed 11,000 feet.
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