Mount Assiniboine

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title: "Mount Assiniboine" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-of-banff-national-park", "three-thousanders-of-british-columbia", "three-thousanders-of-alberta", "regional-district-of-east-kootenay", "borders-of-alberta", "borders-of-british-columbia", "mount-assiniboine-provincial-park", "pyramidal-peaks"] description: "Mountain in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada" topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Assiniboine" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada ::

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Field	Value
name	Mount Assiniboine
photo	Mount Assiniboine massif.jpg
photo_caption	Mount Assiniboine seen from above Lake Magog
elevation_m	3618
elevation_ref
prominence_m	2086
prominence_ref
range	Canadian Rockies
(Assiniboine Area)
listing	{{unbulleted list
location	Alberta–British Columbia border, Canada
map	Canada Alberta#Canada British Columbia#Canada
map_caption	Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada
map_size	250
label_position	right#left
coordinates
coordinates_ref
topo	NTS
first_ascent	1901 by James Outram, Christian Bohren and Christian Hasler
easiest_route	rock/snow climb (II/5.5)
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Mount Assiniboine, also known as Assiniboine Mountain, is a pyramidal peak mountain on the Great Divide, on the British Columbia/Alberta border in Canada.

At 3618 m, it is the highest peak in the Southern Continental Ranges of the Canadian Rockies. Mount Assiniboine rises nearly 1525 m above Lake Magog. Because of its resemblance to the Matterhorn in the Alps, it is nicknamed the "Matterhorn of the Rockies".

Mount Assiniboine was named by George M. Dawson in 1885. When Dawson saw Mount Assiniboine from Copper Mountain, he saw a plume of clouds trailing away from the top. This reminded him of the plumes of smoke emanating from the teepees of the Assiniboine people.

Mount Assiniboine lies on the border between Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, in British Columbia, and Banff National Park, in Alberta. The mountain can be reached only by a six-hour hike or horse-pack 27 km, three-hour bike ride (now disallowed to reduce human / grizzly encounters) or helicopter.

Climbing

Mt. Assiniboine was first climbed in the summer of 1901 by James Outram, Christian Bohren and Christian Hasler. In 1925, Lawrence Grassi became the first person to make a solo ascent. On August 27, 2001, Bohren's granddaughter Lonnie along with three others made a successful ascent, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first ascent.

There are no scrambling routes up Mt. Assiniboine. The easiest mountaineering routes are the North Ridge and North Face at YDS 5.5 which are reached from the Hind Hut.

References

References

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