Photo: Looking northeast to The Watchtower from the Skyline Trail (courtesy Vern Dewit)
The Watchtower
- 2791 m (9,157ft)
- First Ascent
- Naming History
52.8222N -117.842W
Located in the Maligne River Valley south-southwest of lower end of Medicine Lake; east of Excelsior Creek
Range: Maligne
Province: Alberta
Park: Jasper
Headwater: Athabasca
Located in the Maligne River Valley south-southwest of lower end of Medicine Lake; east of Excelsior Creek
Range: Maligne
Province: Alberta
Park: Jasper
Headwater: Athabasca
Ascent Date: 1951
Ascent Party: R.K. Irvin, J. Mowat, R. Strong
Ascent Party: R.K. Irvin, J. Mowat, R. Strong
Year Named: 1916
Named by: Morrison Bridgland
Named for: The peak stands like a tower.
Named by: Morrison Bridgland
Named for: The peak stands like a tower.
The Watchtower in the Maligne Lake Valley of Jasper National Park, Watch Tower in the Cataract Brook Valley of Yoho National Park, and Watchman Peak near Thompson Pass are sometimes confused.