Photo: Looking northwest to Mount Lyautey from Mount Sarrail; Mount Assiniboine in the distance at right (courtesy Alan Kane)
Mount Lyautey
- 3082 m (10,112ft)
- First Ascent
- Naming History
50.6031N -115.223W
Located northwest of the Aster Creek Valley, 4 km WSW of Upper Kananaskis Lake; 2.5 km west of Hidden Lake
Province: Alberta
Park: Kananaskis
Headwater: Bow
Major Valley: Kananaskis
Visible from Highway: 40S, 742
Located northwest of the Aster Creek Valley, 4 km WSW of Upper Kananaskis Lake; 2.5 km west of Hidden Lake
Province: Alberta
Park: Kananaskis
Headwater: Bow
Major Valley: Kananaskis
Visible from Highway: 40S, 742
Ascent Date: 1930
Ascent Party: Katie Gardiner
Ascent Guide: Walter Feuz
Ascent Party: Katie Gardiner
Ascent Guide: Walter Feuz
Year Named: 1918
Named for: Lyautey, General Louis Hubert Gonzalve (General Lyautey was the French Minister of War in 1916.) WW I
Named for: Lyautey, General Louis Hubert Gonzalve (General Lyautey was the French Minister of War in 1916.) WW I
The vertically dipping strata that form Mount Lyautey are most impressive.
Looking west-southwest across Upper Kananaskis Lake to Mount Lyautey
Looking southwest to Mount Lyautey from Mount Indefatigable (courtesy Bennett Wong)
Looking west-southwest to Mount Lyautey from the old Elpoca Creek bridge