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Photo: Looking east to Mount Windy Castle from the Icefields Parkway

Mount Windy Castle

  • 2820 m (9,252ft)
  • First Ascent
  • Naming History
52.6250N -117.764W
Located in the Athabasca River Valley, 4.5 km southeast of Mount Kerkeslin

Province: Alberta
Park: Jasper
Headwater: Athabasca
Major Valley: Athabasca
Visible from Highway: 93N
Ascent Date: 1947
Ascent Party: A. Bruce-Robertson, M. Finley, N.E. Odell, J. Ross, Frank Smythe
Year Named: 1947
Named by: N. E. Odell and Frank Smythe
Named for: The mountain is quite castle-like in appearance. It was named by the first ascent party which reached the summit on a windy day.