Photo: Looking up the Fryatt Creek Valley to Mount Xerxes from the Icefields Parkway
Mount Xerxes
- 2970 m (9,745ft)
- First Ascent
- Naming History
52.4875N -117.887W
Located between the headwaters of Lick Creek and Fryatt Creek
Province: Alberta
Park: Jasper
Headwater: Athabasca
Visible from Highway: 93N
Located between the headwaters of Lick Creek and Fryatt Creek
Province: Alberta
Park: Jasper
Headwater: Athabasca
Visible from Highway: 93N
Ascent Date: 1936
Ascent Party: Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Kramer, A. McKay
Ascent Party: Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Kramer, A. McKay
Year Named: 1936
Named for: Xerxes (Xerxes was King of Persia during the Fifth Century BC.)
Named for: Xerxes (Xerxes was King of Persia during the Fifth Century BC.)
Photo: Looking up the Fryatt Creek Valley to Mount Xerxes (left) and Mount Olympus from the Icefields Parkway