Mount Julian rises at the southern end of Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta, within one of the park’s most noted lake-and-peak settings. Named in 1928 by Leo Amery for his son Julian, it was first recorded as climbed in 1930 by J.A. Corry, C.G. Crawford, E.M. Gillespie, J. McAuley, M. Percy, R. Rushworth, G. Shanger, and I. Vanderberg. The mountain is formed from sedimentary rock laid down in shallow seas from the Precambrian through the Jurassic, then pushed eastward over younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. Its subarctic climate brings cold, snowy winters, mild summers, and severe alpine conditions.