Photo: Pope's Peak from Highway #1
Pope's Peak
- 3163 m (10,378ft)
- First Ascent
- Naming History
- Hiking and Trails
Located on the continental divide between upper Lake Louise Valley and Cataract Brook
Province: Alberta/BC
Park: Banff/Yoho
Headwater: Bow/Columbia
Visible from Highway: 1, 93N
Ascent Party: George Collier and his brother Joseph
Ascent Guide: Christian Kaufmann
Named for: Pope, John Henry (Pope was Minister of Railways and Canals from 1885 until 1889.)
Journal Reference: AAJ 5-151
Pope's Peak's glacier covered summit rises smoothly above steep, north facing cliffs near the head of a glacier filled valley which is in British Columbia. Samuel Allen originally named the mountain Mount D'Espine after his friend and climbing companion on the Matterhorn. It was formerly known as Boundary Peak as the Contintal Divide descends from this mountain into Kicking Horse Pass. John Henry Pope (1824-1889) was Minister of Railways and Canals when the mountain was named in 1887. He had been involved in the acquiring of funding for the construction of the CPR. [Lakusta]
Looking west to Popes Peak from Fairview Mountain
Looking northwest to Popes Peak from the Plain of the Six Glaciers
Photo: Pope's Peak from Highway #1