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Photo: Looking east down the Panther River Valley to Panther Mountain

Panther Mountain

  • 2943 m (9,656ft)
  • First Ascent
  • Naming History
51.5131N -115.668W
Located east of Wigmore Creek and south of the Panther River

Range: Bare
Province: Alberta
Park: Banff
Headwater: Bow
Ascent Date: 1891
Ascent Party: J.J. McArthur, Tom Wilson
Year Named: 1884
Named by: George Dawson
Named for: The Indians referred to the river below the peak as, "The river where the mountain lion was killed."