Lynx Mountain

Lynx Mountain
Highest point
Elevation	3,192 m (10,472 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence	440 m (1,440 ft) [3]
Parent peak	Resplendent Mountain (3425 m) [3]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	53°07′35″N119°02′53″W / 53.12639°N 119.04806°W / 53.12639; -119.04806 [4]
Geography
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Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
Protected areas	Jasper National Park Mount Robson Provincial Park
Parent range	Rainbow Range [4]
Topo map	NTS 83E3 Mount Robson [4]
Climbing
First ascent	1913 ACC Party, W. Schauffelberger [3] [1]

Lynx Mountain is a mountain peak in the Canadian Rockies. It is located on the Continental Divide between the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, in the Cushina Ridge of the Continental Ranges. It was named by Lucius Quincy Coleman for the remains of a lynx they found on the ice of the nearby Coleman Glacier in 1908. ^{[1] [3]}

Reaching an elevation of 3,192 metres (10,472 ft), ^[1] it lies in both the Mount Robson Provincial Park and Jasper National Park. ^[5]

The Lynx Formation, a stratigraphic unit of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, was named for the mountain by Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1913. ^[6]

See also

• List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border
• List of mountains in the Canadian Rockies

References

1. "Lynx Mountain". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
2. "Topographic map of Lynx Mountain". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
3. "Lynx Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
4. "Lynx Mountain (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2021-10-10.
5. NTS map sheet 83E03 Mount Robson.
6. Walcott, C.D. (1913). "Cambrian formations of the Robson Peak District, British Columbia and Alberta, Canada". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 47 (12): 327–343.