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Looking south to Mount Lowell from the Icefields Parkway

Mount Lowell

  • 3150 m (10,335ft)
  • First Ascent
  • Naming History
52.5042N -117.832W
Located between Fryatt Creek and Lick Creek; 1.5 km southwest of Mount Brussels

Province: Alberta
Park: Jasper
Headwater: Athabasca
Visible from Highway: 93N
Ascent Date: 1927
Ascent Party: Alfred Ostheimer
Ascent Guide: Hans Fuhrer, J. Weber
Year Named: 1924
Named by: Alfred Ostheimer
Named for: Lowell, Abbott Lawrence (Abbott Lowell was a mountaineer and president of Harvard University.)

Photo: Looking west up Lick Creek to Mount Lowell from the Icefields Parkway

looking south to Brussels Peak (left) and Mount Lowell from the Icefields Parkway

Photo: Looking south to Mount Lowell from the Icefields Parkway

Looking south to (l-r) Mount Christie, Brussels Peak, and Mount Lowell from the Icefields Parkway