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Looking west to Bastille Mountain while approaching Surprise Pass on the Great Divide Trail (courtesy Paula Duncan)

Bastille Mountain

  • 2545 m (8,350ft)
  • Naming History
53.8722N -120.026W
Located on the Continental Divide north of the head of Bastille Creek; west Buttress of Surprise Pass

Province: BC
Headwater: Smoky/Fraser
Year Named: 1923
Named by: Interprovincial Boundary Survey
Named for: The name presumably refers to the impregnable aspect of the feature; an extremely steep shale slope extends almost 5 km from Bastille Mountain to Wallbridge Mountain.

Looking west to Bastille Mountain while approaching Surprise Pass on the Great Divide Trail (courtesy Paula Duncan)

Looking west to Bastille Mountain while approaching Surprise Pass on the Great Divide Trail (courtesy Paula Duncan)