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Photo: Looking south-southwest to Redoubt Mountain from near Deception Pass (Mount Temple at right) (courtesy Dr. John D. Birrell)

Redoubt Mountain

  • 2902 m (9,521ft)
  • First Ascent
  • Naming History
  • Hiking and Trails
51.4672N -116.081W
Located in upper Corral Creek; south buttress of Boulder Pass

Range: Slate
Province: Alberta
Park: Banff
Headwater: Bow
Visible from Highway: 1
Ascent Date: 1906
Ascent Party: Topographical Survey
Year Named: 1908
Named by: Arthur Wheeler
Named for: The rock formations resemble a huge redoubt, or military outer defence.
Popular Hike: Skoki
Journal Reference: CAJ 4-111

Note that there is a Redoubt Peak in the Tonquin Valley in Jasper National Park as well as this Redoubt Mountain in the Slate Range of Banff National Park.

Looking south to Redoubt Mountain (courtesy Sonny Bou)

Photo: Looking northeast to Redoubt Mountain from the Moraine Lake Road

Looking southeast to Redoubt Mountain from Mount Richardson (courtesy Vern De Wit)

Looking south to Redoubt Mountain from the lower slopes of Ptarmigan Peak (courtesy Vern De Wit)

Looking northeast across Lake Louise to Redoubt Mountain

Looking across Lake Louise to Redoubt Mountain

Looking south-southwest to Redoubt Mountain from Deception Pass (courtesy Sonny Bou)

Looking south to Redoubt Mountain from Ptarmigan Peak (courtesy Sonny Bou)

Looking west to Redoubt Mountain from Anthozoan Mountain (courtesy Sonny Bou)