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Photo: Mount Packenham from Hood Creek on Highway #40

Mount Packenham

  • 3000 m (9,843ft)
  • First Ascent
  • Naming History
50.7536N -115.091W
Located 1 km south of Mount Evan-Thomas, north of the head of Hood Creek

Range: Opal
Province: Alberta
Park: Kananaskis
Headwater: Bow
Visible from Highway: 40S, 742
Ascent Date: 1954
Ascent Party: M. Dixon, N. Gish, S.G. Pearson, P. Rainier
Year Named: 1922
Named for: Pakenham, Rear Admiral W.C. (Rear Admiral Pakenham was in command of the Second Battle Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland during WW I.)

Note that the name of Rear-Admiral Pakenham was mis-spelled "Packenham" when the name was given to the peak by the Interprovincial Boundary Commission. Together with Mount Blane, Mount Packenham is one of the most impressive of the Opal Range peaks. It may be viewed from Highway #40 through the valleys cut by Ripple Rock Creek and Hood Creek.

Photo: Looking southeast to Mount Evan-Thomas (Mount Packenham beyond at right) from Opal Ridge (courtesy Bennett Wong)

Looking north-northeast to Mount Packenham (left) and Mount Hood from the Smith-Dorrien Road

Looking east to Mount Packenham (courtesy Calvin Damen)

Looking southeast to Mount Packenham from Grizzly Peak (courtesy Calvin Damen)

Looking east to Mount Packenham (courtesy Calvin Damen)

Looking south to Mount Packenham (courtesy Sonny Bou)