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Pilot Mountain rises in Banff National Park’s Bow River valley in Alberta, southeast of Redearth Creek and west of the Trans-Canada Highway. George M. Dawson named it in 1884 because its prominent shape and position mark where the Bow Valley changes direction, making it a natural landmark visible for long distances up and down the valley. Like many Banff peaks, it consists of sedimentary rock deposited in shallow seas from the Precambrian to the Jurassic, then thrust eastward over younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. It stands in a subarctic climate and can be climbed by experienced hikers via its northwest face.
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