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Photo: Lunette Peak (left) and Mount Assiniboine from the east (Photo from the Interprovincial Boundary Survey Report)

Lunette Peak

  • 3398 m (11,150ft)
  • First Ascent
  • Naming History
  • Hiking and Trails
50.8650N -115.649W
Located on the continental divide; a high point on the south arete of Mount Assiniboine

Province: Alberta/BC
Park: Banff/Assiniboine
Headwater: Bow/Kootenay
Visible from Highway: 742
Ascent Date: 1901
Ascent Party: James Outram
Ascent Guide: C. Bohren, Christian Hasler sr.
Year Named: 1913
Named by: Interprovincial Boundary Survey
Named for: Unknown
Popular Hike: Assiniboine
Journal Reference: App 10-47

James Outram climbed the mountain in the mists while attempting to climb Mount Assiniboine. The next day he climbed Assiniboine.

Photo: An airphoto taken looking northeast towards Lunette Peak (courtesy Glen Boles)