Mount Weiss

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Mount Weiss
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Mount Weiss
Location in Alberta
Highest point
Elevation 3,120 m (10,240 ft) [1] [a]
Prominence 210 m (690 ft) [1]
Parent peak Gong Peak (3120 m) [1]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 52°23′28″N117°28′30″W / 52.39111°N 117.47500°W / 52.39111; -117.47500 [4]
Geography
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Protected area Jasper National Park [5]
Parent range Winston Churchill Range
Topo map NTS 83C6 Sunwapta Peak [4]
Climbing
First ascent 1971 by Mr. & Mrs. H.L. Fuhrer, B. Martin [2] [1]
Easiest route Rock/snow climb

Mount Weiss is a mountain in Alberta, Canada located on the western side of the Sunwapta River valley of Jasper National Park, [3] and is part of the Winston Churchill Range. The mountain was named in 1972 after Joe Weiss (1896-1993), who had spent 45 years of his life exploring and guiding in Jasper. [2] [6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Weiss". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mount Weiss". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2007-09-10.
  3. 1 2 "Topographic map of Mount Weiss". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  4. 1 2 "Mount Weiss". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2013-05-17.
  5. ↑ NTS map sheet 83C06 Sunwapta Peak
  6. ↑ "Joe Weiss". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
Notes
  1. ↑ Other sources state 3090 m. [2] [3]
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