Foster Peak

Foster Peak is a 3,201-metre mountain in British Columbia’s Vermilion Range and the highest point in that range, rising as part of The Rockwall above the Floe Lake area on the western edge of Kootenay National Park. Closely linked to the Rockwall Trail and Floe Lake Trail, it stands amid notable alpine scenery of passes, meadows, hanging glaciers, and towering limestone cliffs. Named in 1913 for mountaineer William Wasbrough Foster, the name was officially adopted in 1927. The mountain was first climbed in 1933 by Kate Gardiner, Ken Jones, and guide Walter Feuz. Its limestone geology, subarctic climate, and divided drainage shape the peak and surrounding backcountry.

British Columbia · Canada