Mount Nelson (Alberta)

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Mount Nelson
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Mount Nelson
Location in Alberta
Highest point
Elevation 3,150 m (10,330 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 280 m (920 ft) [3]
Parent peak Mount Smythe (3246 m) [3]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 52°20′46″N117°28′10″W / 52.34611°N 117.46944°W / 52.34611; -117.46944 [4]
Geography
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Protected area Jasper National Park [1]
Parent range Winston Churchill Range [3]
Topo map NTS 83C6 Sunwapta Peak [4]
Climbing
First ascent 1951
Easiest route rock/snow climb

Mount Nelson is a mountain located near the west branch of Lynx Creek in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.

Diadem Peak lies 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southeast of Mount Palmer. The mountain was named in 1952 by J. Monroe Thorington after an American climber with the last name of Nelson. [3] Nelson had died in a climbing accident in The Bugaboos and the name was suggested by the first ascent party.

The first ascent was made in 1951 by Dale Ebersbacher, Frances Ebersbacher, Gil Roberts, Chuck Wilts, and Ellen Wilts. [3]

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