Peyto Peak

Peyto Peak is a mountain in Alberta’s Banff National Park, in the Waputik Range of the Canadian Rockies at the north end of the Wapta Icefield. Named in 1896 for early Banff and Lake Louise outfitter, guide, and trapper Bill Peyto, its name was officially adopted in 1928, and Conrad Kain’s party made the first recorded ascent in 1933. The mountain is formed of sedimentary rock deposited from the Precambrian to the Jurassic and later thrust eastward during the Laramide orogeny. Its subarctic environment brings severe winter cold, and its runoff flows into the Mistaya River within the Saskatchewan River system.

Alberta · Canada