Popes Peak

Popes Peak is a mountain on the border of Alberta and British Columbia in Western Canada, on the Continental Divide of the Americas, part of the Bow Range of the Canadian Rockies between Lake Louise Valley and Cataract Brook, bordering Banff and Yoho national parks.

Key Information

Popes Peak
Popes Peak centered at top
Highest point
Elevation	3,163 m (10,377 ft)[1][2]
Prominence	81 m (266 ft)[3]
Parent peak	Collier Peak (3232 m)[3]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	51°24′08″N 116°17′40″W / 51.40222°N 116.29444°W / 51.40222; -116.29444[4]
Geography
Popes Peak Location in Alberta Show map of Alberta Popes Peak Location in British Columbia Show map of British Columbia Popes Peak Location in Canada Show map of Canada
Interactive map of Popes Peak
Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
Protected areas	Banff National Park Yoho National Park
Parent range	Bow Range
Topo map	NTS 82N8 Lake Louise[4]
Climbing
First ascent	1903 George Collier, Joseph Collier, Christian Kaufmann[1][3]
Easiest route	North Face III
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The peak was named in 1887 after John Henry Pope, a member of the 1st Canadian Parliament.^[5] It was initially known as Boundary Peak for the borders running through it, just south of Kicking Horse Pass

The mountain was first climbed in 1903 by George Collier and his brother Joseph, guided by Christian Kaufmann.^[5]

1. ^ ^{a b} "Pope's Peak". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2007-09-10.
2. ^ "Topographic map of Pope's Peak". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
3. ^ ^{a b c} "Popes Peak". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
4. ^ ^{a b} "Popes Peak (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
5. ^ ^{a b} "Popes Peak". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
6. ^ Belyea, Helen R. (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF). parkscanadahistory.com (Report). Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
7. ^ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
8. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.

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