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Photo: (l-r) Ebon Peak, Aries Peak, Stairway Peak, Midway Peak, Mount Synge, and Howse Peak from the east on the Icefields Parkway

Mount Synge

  • 2972 m (9,750ft)
  • First Ascent
  • Naming History
51.8053N -116.662W
Located on the continental divide in the Mistaya River Valley above Chephren and Cirque Lakes

Province: Alberta/BC
Park: Banff
Headwater: Saskatchewan/Columbia
Major Valley: Mistaya
Visible from Highway: 93N
Ascent Date: 1952
Ascent Party: Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Mendenhall
Year Named: 1918
Named for: Synge, Captain Millington Henry (A soldier and author, Capt. Synge prepared a map (1852) showing the route eventually followed by the CPR.)

Photo: Mount Synge (left) and Howse Peak from the Icefields Parkway near Silverhorn Creek