Hewitt Peak

Hewitt Peak is a 3,066-metre summit in the Vermilion Range on the western edge of Kootenay National Park in British Columbia, visible from Highway 93. Although long known locally as Mammoth Peak for its mammoth-like outline and originally called Mount 10060 for its elevation in feet, it still has no officially adopted name. The name Hewitt Peak may honor Hewitt Bostock, Martin Hewitt, or James J. Hewitt. Its first recorded ascent came in 1906 by Dominion Land Survey members. The mountain consists of ancient limestone and sedimentary rock shaped by the Laramide orogeny, and its runoff drains toward both the Vermilion and Kootenay river systems.

British Columbia · Canada