Gap Mountain

Gap Mountain is a 2,675-metre summit in Alberta’s Canadian Rockies, at the south end of the Opal Range in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. Named by George Pocaterra for the gap between the Opal and Elk ranges, the name was officially adopted in 1978. Visible from Highway 40 at Highwood Pass, it is a popular climbing destination, especially for exposed scrambling on its eastern slopes, and its summit offers broad views over Kananaskis Country. The mountain is formed of limestone laid down in shallow seas from the Precambrian to the Jurassic and later thrust eastward over younger rock during the Laramide orogeny, leaving the steeply tilted layers typical of the Opal Range.

Alberta · Canada