Photo: Buttress Mountain from the northeast on Highway #16
Buttress Mountain
- 2685 m (8,809ft)
- Naming History
52.9897N -118.222W
Located in the Snaring River Valley south of Chetamon Mountain
Range: Victoria Cross
Province: Alberta
Park: Jasper
Headwater: Athabasca
Visible from Highway: 16
Located in the Snaring River Valley south of Chetamon Mountain
Range: Victoria Cross
Province: Alberta
Park: Jasper
Headwater: Athabasca
Visible from Highway: 16
Year Named: 1916
Named by: Morrison Bridgland
Named for: Unknown
Named by: Morrison Bridgland
Named for: Unknown
Note that there is a Buttress Peak in Kootenay National Park.
Photo: Looking southwest to Buttress Mountain (right) from Highway #16 two km east of Athabasca River Bridge
Looking southwest to Buttress Mountain from Highway #16