Photo: Looking northwest to Diadem Peak (left) and Mushroom Peak from the Icefields Parkway a few kilometres north of the Icefields Centre
Diadem Peak
- 3371 m (11,060ft)
- First Ascent
- Naming History
52.3103N -117.422W
Located in the Sunwapta River Valley
Range: Winston Churchill
Province: Alberta
Park: Jasper
Headwater: Athabasca
Visible from Highway: 93N
Located in the Sunwapta River Valley
Range: Winston Churchill
Province: Alberta
Park: Jasper
Headwater: Athabasca
Visible from Highway: 93N
Ascent Date: 1898
Ascent Party: J. Norman Collie, H.E.M. Stutfield, H. Woolley
Ascent Party: J. Norman Collie, H.E.M. Stutfield, H. Woolley
Year Named: 1898
Named by: J. Norman Collie
Named for: When Collie, Stutfield, and Woolley reached this summit they found that, a "'diadem (crown)' of snow proved to be about a hundred feet high, set on the nearly flat top of the rocks."
Named by: J. Norman Collie
Named for: When Collie, Stutfield, and Woolley reached this summit they found that, a "'diadem (crown)' of snow proved to be about a hundred feet high, set on the nearly flat top of the rocks."
Photo: Looking southwest to Diadem Peak from the Icefields Parkway at Diadem Creek
Looking northwest to (l-r) Mount Woolley, Diadem Peak, and Mushroom Peak from the Icefields Parkway
Looking northwest to Diadem Peak from the Icefields Parkway
Looking northwest to Mount Woolley (left) and Diadem Peak from Nigel Peak (courtesy Sonny Bou)