
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."