Peak Finder

Photo: Photo: Looking west to East Peak (left) and Division Mountain (right) from the east end of Glacier Lake (courtesy Gerry Hopkins)

East Peak

  • 3000 m (9,843ft)
  • Naming History
51.8903N -117.012W
Located on the continental divide between southwest Lyell Glacier and Mons Icefield; easternmost peak of Division Mountain

Province: Alberta/BC
Park: Banff
Headwater: Saskatchewan/Columbia
Visible from Highway: 93N
Year Named: 1918
Named by: Interprovincial Boundary Survey
Named for: The surveyors named this peak because of its location on the eastern end of Division Mountain.

East Peak lies 0.6 km east of Division Mountain.

Photo: Looking west up the Glacier Lake Valley to East Peak (left) and Division Mountain (right) from the Icefields Parkway, south of Saskatchewan River Crossing