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Photo: (l-r) Titkana Peak, Lynx Mountain, and Rearguard Mountain from the northwest (courtesy Dan Neil)

Titkana Peak

  • 2804 m (9,200ft)
  • First Ascent
  • Naming History
  • Hiking and Trails
53.1547N -119.066W
Located on the continental divide west of the Reef Icefield; the high point on southeast end of Tatei Ridge; northwest buttress of Snowbird Pass

Province: Alberta/BC
Park: Jasper/Mount Robson
Headwater: Smoky/Fraser
Ascent Date: 1908
Ascent Party: L.Q. Coleman
Year Named: 1908
Named for: "Titkana" is the Stoney Indian word for bird.
Popular Hike: Mount Robson

Arthur Coleman originally named the mountain "Ptarmigan Peak" in 1907.