Mount Jimmy Simpson

Mount Jimmy Simpson is a 2,966-metre peak in Banff National Park near Bow Lake, visible from the Icefields Parkway and part of the Waputik Mountains beside the Wapta Icefield and Bow River valley. First climbed in 1897 by J. Norman Collie, George Percival, and Peter Sarbach, it was later named for outfitter Jimmy Simpson, a prominent guide in the Canadian Rockies who led major expeditions, including James Outram’s 1902 journey, and built the Bow Lake cabin that became Num-Ti-Jah Lodge. Formed of ancient sedimentary rock uplifted during the Laramide orogeny, the mountain drains into the Bow River within the Saskatchewan River system.

Alberta · Canada