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Photo: Mount Colin from the southwest on Highway #16

Mount Colin

  • 2687 m (8,816ft)
  • First Ascent
  • Naming History
53.0019N -117.989W
Located in the Athabasca River Valley southwest of the head of Jacques Creek and at the head of Colin Creek

Range: Colin
Province: Alberta
Park: Jasper
Headwater: Athabasca
Major Valley: Athabasca
Visible from Highway: 16
Ascent Date: 1947
Ascent Party: N.E. Odell, J. Ross, F.S. Smythe
Year Named: 1859
Named for: Fraser, Colin (Colin Fraser was Sir George Simpson's personal servant during much of his travels.)

[See "Climbs in the Canadian Rockies" by Frank Smythe (Chapter XI) "Failures and Success on Mount Colin]

Photo: Mount Hawk (left) and Mount Colin from Highway #16

Mount Colin from Highway #16

Photo: Mount Colin from Highway #16

Mount Colin from Highway #16