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White Pyramid is a 3,219-metre summit in Banff National Park, standing between the Howse and Mistaya river valleys and visible from the Icefields Parkway near Waterfowl Lakes. Known for its steep relief, it rises sharply above Chephren Lake and is distinguished from nearby Mount Chephren by the glacier on its north side. J. Norman Collie gave it its name in 1901 to separate it from Chephren, then also called Pyramid Mountain. Its first recorded ascent was made in 1939 by Kate Gardiner and guide Edward Feuz Jr. The mountain’s sedimentary rock, subarctic climate, and runoff link it to the broader geology and waters of the North Saskatchewan system.
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