Mount Assiniboine

Mount Assiniboine, a sharply pyramidal summit on the Great Divide between British Columbia and Alberta, is the highest peak in the Southern Continental Ranges at 3,618 metres and rises dramatically above Lake Magog. Nicknamed the “Matterhorn of the Rockies” for its elegant alpine profile, it was named in 1885 by George M. Dawson. Its remote character has long shaped access and climbing: it is typically reached by a substantial approach rather than by road, and its easiest routes are technical mountaineering lines from the Hind Hut. First climbed in 1901, it remains one of the Canadian Rockies’ most iconic peaks for both form and history.

Alberta · Canada