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Photo: Looking southeast to Mount Weed from the Icefields Parkway

Mount Weed

  • 3080 m (10,105ft)
  • First Ascent
  • Naming History
51.7919N -116.526W
Located in the Mistaya River Valley south of Silverhorn Creek

Province: Alberta
Park: Banff
Headwater: Saskatchewan
Major Valley: Mistaya
Visible from Highway: 93N
Ascent Date: 1936
Ascent Party: L. Gest, Mr. and Mrs. H. Kingman, H.S. Kingman jr., W. Kingman
Ascent Guide: Christian Hasler jr.
Year Named: 1903
Named for: Weed, George M. (A member of the Appalachian Club of Boston, Mass., Mr. Weed made a number of first ascents in the Rockies.

Photo: Looking north to Mount Weed from the Icefields Parkway

Looking southeast to Mount Weed from the Icefields Parkway

Looking southeast across Lower Waterfowl Lake to Mount Weed