Mount Forbes

Mount Forbes, in southwestern Alberta near Saskatchewan River Crossing, is the seventh tallest mountain in the Canadian Rockies and the highest peak in Banff National Park. Named in 1859 by James Hector for his University of Edinburgh professor Edward Forbes, it is widely recognized for its sharply pointed profile. Its first recorded ascent took place on August 10, 1902, when Christian and Hans Kaufmann guided J. Norman Collie, James Outram, Hugh E. M. Stutfield, George M. Weed, and Herman Woolley to the summit. Since then it has remained a major climbing objective, reached by established routes and approached either from Alberta or from the west near Golden.

Alberta · Canada