Mount Chephren

Mount Chephren rises in Banff National Park’s Mistaya River valley near the Icefields Parkway, among glacial valleys, lakes, and steep sedimentary peaks. First called Pyramid Mountain by J. Norman Collie in 1897, it was renamed in 1924 after the pharaoh Chephren because the earlier name duplicated one in Jasper National Park. Its layered sedimentary rock, deposited from the Precambrian to the Jurassic in shallow seas and later thrust eastward during the Laramide orogeny, reflects the geology of Banff’s great mountains. Known for severe subarctic weather, it is also a demanding climbing objective, with difficult scrambling and technical routes on several faces.

Alberta · Canada