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Farbus Mountain

  • 3150 m (10,335ft)
  • First Ascent
  • Naming History
51.9656N -117.131W
Located on the continental divide at the head of Lyell Creek; 2 km northwest of Mount Lyell

Province: Alberta/BC
Park: Banff
Headwater: Saskatchewan/Columbia
Ascent Date: 1937
Ascent Party: S.B. Hendricks, Rex Gibson
Year Named: 1918
Named for: Farbus was a village located on the eastern slope of Vimy Ridge, where Canadian troops fought a major battle during WW I (see Vimy Peak).