Pangman Peak
- 3173 m (10,420ft)
- First Ascent
- Naming History
51.7617N -116.976W
Located on the continental divide between Pangman Glacier and the head of Valenciennes River; northwest summit of Mount Dent;
Province: Alberta/BC
Park: Banff
Headwater: Saskatchewan/Columbia
Located on the continental divide between Pangman Glacier and the head of Valenciennes River; northwest summit of Mount Dent;
Province: Alberta/BC
Park: Banff
Headwater: Saskatchewan/Columbia
Ascent Date: 1952
Ascent Party: R.C. Linck
Ascent Guide: Walter Perren
Ascent Party: R.C. Linck
Ascent Guide: Walter Perren
Year Named: 1920
Named for: Pangman, Peter (Peter Pangman was an early fur trader and became a partner of the North West Company in 1787.)
Named for: Pangman, Peter (Peter Pangman was an early fur trader and became a partner of the North West Company in 1787.)
In his chronicle of the fur trade, "Caesars of the Wilderness," Peter Newman writes that, "An early Nor'wester named Peter Pangman had marked a spruce tree withing sight of the Rockies in 1790."