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Photo: Looking southwest to Mount 10240 from the Icefields Parkway

Mount 10240

  • 3121 m (10,240ft)
  • First Ascent
  • Naming History
51.1094N -116.233W
Located at the northern head of Numa Creek on the Rockwall; 2.4 km northwest of Mount 10060

Range: Vermilion (BC)
Province: BC
Park: Kootenay
Headwater: Columbia
Major Valley: Vermilion
Visible from Highway: 93(S)
Ascent Date: 1933
Ascent Party: Katie Gardner, Ken Jones
Ascent Guide: Walter Feuz
Year Named: 1933
Named by: Katie Gardner and Party
Named for: The peak was referred to by its elevation

Foster Peak, Mount 10240, and Mount 10060 are three striking peaks at the head of Numa Creek. Foster Peak and Mount 10240 were first climbed by Walter Feuz, Katie Gardner, and a "boy" named Ken Jones who went on to become the first Canadian-born guide in the Canadian Rockies. Although Foster Peak cannot be seen from the Kootenay Parkway, the latter two are readily identified from between Marble Canyon and Numa Falls.

Photo: Looking southwest to Mount 10240 from the Icefields Parkway