Gong Peak, Jasper National Park

#60 among attractions in Jasper National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Gong Peak is a mountain located in the Sunwapta River Valley of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. The peak lies three km southeast of Mount Weiss. The mountain was named in 1919 by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey after nearby Gong Lake. ()

Alternative names: First ascent: 1936Elevation: 10236 ftProminence: 919 ftCoordinates: 52°22'11"N, 117°27'32"W

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Gong Peak – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Woolley, Mount Adam Joachim, Diadem Peak, Mount Weiss.

5.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Woolley, Jasper National Park
134 min walk • Mount Woolley is a mountain in Alberta, Canada, located in the Sunwapta River Valley of Jasper National Park, 1½ km south of Diadem Peak and is part of Winston Churchill Range of the Canadian Rockies.
3.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Adam Joachim, Jasper National Park
97 min walk • Mount Adam Joachim is a mountain four kilometres ENE of Gong Lake in Canada's Jasper National Park. It was named in 1968 by J. Monroe Thorington after Adam Joachim. Joachim, a partial Cree Indian, was a horse packer who accompanied Alfred J. Ostheimer on his 1927 expedition into the Columbia Icefield.
4.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Diadem Peak, Jasper National Park
112 min walk • Diadem Peak is a peak located in the Sunwapta River Valley of Jasper National Park, Canada. Diadem Peak is essentially the high point of a ridge leading down from the slightly higher Mount Woolley.
1.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Weiss, Jasper National Park
42 min walk • Mount Weiss is a mountain in Alberta, Canada located on the western side of the Sunwapta River valley of Jasper National Park, and is part of the Winston Churchill Range.
1.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Nelson, Jasper National Park
44 min walk • Mount Nelson is a mountain located near the west branch of Lynx Creek in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. Diadem Peak lies 5 kilometres southeast of Mount Palmer. The mountain was named in 1952 by J. Monroe Thorington after an American climber with the last name of Nelson.
2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Thorington Tower, Jasper National Park
52 min walk • Thorington Tower is a mountain in Alberta, Canada. It is located near the north branch of Lynx Creek in Jasper National Park. Mount Palmer lies 1½ km west of the tower. The mountain was named in 1967 after J.
3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Mitchell, Jasper National Park
76 min walk • Mount Mitchell is a mountain located within the Sunwapta River valley of Jasper National Park, Canada, 3 kilometres southeast of Mount Morden Long. Mt. Mitchell was named in 1970 for J.H. Mitchell and Mitchell Lobb, who were engineers for the Department of the Interior.
2.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount GEC, Jasper National Park
60 min walk • Mount GEC is a mountain located in the Sunwapta River Valley of Jasper National Park. Gec lies 4 km northwest of Diadem Peak. The mountain was named in 1961 after the first names of the three climbers who made the first ascent — George Ellen Chuck.
0.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount McGuire, Jasper National Park
11 min walk • Mount McGuire is a mountain located in the Sunwapta River Valley of Jasper National Park, in Alberta, Canada. The mountain was named in 1971 after Fenton John Alexander "Mickey" McGuire, who served as a warden in the park for 34 years and ended his career as chief park warden.
2.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Palmer, Jasper National Park
73 min walk • Mount Palmer is a mountain located in the Athabasca River Valley of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. Mt. Palmer lies southeast of Gong Lake.
4.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mushroom Peak, Jasper National Park
122 min walk • Mushroom Peak is a mountain located in the Sunwapta River valley of Alberta, Canada's Jasper National Park, lying just over a kilometre east of Diadem Peak.