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Mount Gloria

  • 2908 m (9,541ft)
  • First Ascent
  • Naming History
  • Hiking and Trails
50.8458N -115.606W
Located on the continental divide in the Marvel Lake Valley south of Lake Gloria; northwest buttress of Marvel Pass

Province: Alberta/BC
Park: Banff
Headwater: Bow/Kootenay
Ascent Date: 1929
Ascent Party: C. Baldwin, E. Bigelow, F.X. Bigelow, H. Bigelow, H.B. Bigelow, S. Detty, G. Duffy, R. Hallowell, H.Howe, C. Saltonstall, R. Saltonstall, R. Walcott
Ascent Guide: C. Coyteaux
Year Named: 1913
Named by: Interprovincial Boundary Survey
Named for: The mountain takes its name from nearby Lake Gloria.
Popular Hike: Assiniboine

Mount Gloria, Eon Mountain, Aye Mountain and Mount Assiniboine form a spectacular group at the head of the Marvel Lake Valley. Mount Gloria is the lowest of the four in elevation, some 400 metres lower than its impressive neighbour to the southwest, Eon Mountain.