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Photo: Looking up the Whirlpool River Valley to Needle Peak from the Icefields Parkway, just north of the Athabasca Falls Junction

Needle Peak

  • 2970 m (9,745ft)
  • First Ascent
  • Naming History
52.5536N -118.192W
Located between Simon Creek Valley and Middle Whirlpool River Valley

Province: Alberta
Park: Jasper
Headwater: Athabasca
Visible from Highway: 93N
Ascent Date: 1934
Ascent Party: C. Beattie, W.H. Cleveland, J.A. Corry, Rex Gibson, R. Neave
Year Named: 1919
Named by: Arthur Wheeler
Named for: The outline of the peak was said to resemble a needle.

Photo: Looking north to Needle Peak from Mount Brown (courtesy Don Beers)

Photo: Looking up the Whirlpool River Valley to Needle Peak from the Icefields Parkway, just north of the Athabasca Falls Junction