Mount Alexandra

Mount Alexandra is a remote 3,401-metre peak on the Alberta–British Columbia border in the Canadian Rockies, rising within Banff National Park in a harsh, isolated alpine setting. James Outram and guide Christian Kaufmann first climbed it in 1902, and Outram named it that same year for Alexandra of Denmark during an era of early mountaineering exploration. The mountain is made of sedimentary rock deposited from the Precambrian through Jurassic periods, then reshaped when older layers were thrust over younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. Its subarctic climate, with long winters, cold temperatures, snow, and severe wind chill, underscores its rugged character.

Alberta · Canada