Mount Louis
Mountain in Banff NP, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mount Louis is a 2,682-metre (8,799-foot) mountain summit located in southeast Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is part of the Sawback Range which is a subset of the Canadian Rockies.
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Mount Louis | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,682 m (8,799 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 336 m (1,102 ft)[2] |
Parent peak | Mount Cory (2802 m)[2] |
Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
Coordinates | 51°12′54″N 115°40′48″W[2] |
Geography | |
Location | Alberta, Canada |
Parent range | Sawback Range |
Topo map | NTS 82O4 Banff |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Devonian |
Mountain type | Limestone[2] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1916 by Conrad Kain and Albert H. McCarthy[1][3] |
Easiest route | rock climb (YDS 5.6)[2] |
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The mountain was named in 1886 after Louis B. Stewart who surveyed in the Banff Park area in 1904 with his father, George Stewart, the first Park Superintendent.[1][2]