Mushroom Peak, Jasper National Park

Name: Mushroom Peak
Address: Jasper National Park, Canada

#89 among attractions in Jasper National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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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. The mountain was named in 1947 by Noel E. Odell who made the first ascent. Upon reaching the summit, he found that the dark limestone rocks there resembled mushrooms. The mountain can be seen from the Icefields Parkway. ()

Alternative names: First ascent: 1947Elevation: 10531 ftProminence: 886 ftCoordinates: 52°18'42"N, 117°23'49"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Tangle Falls, Mount Woolley, Mount Alberta, Tangle Ridge.

5.6 miSE
Natural attraction, Waterfall, Park
Tangle Falls, Jasper National Park
142 min walk • Nestled within the rugged beauty of Jasper National Park in Canada, Tangle Falls is a multi-tiered cascade that offers a spectacular and easily accessible natural attraction for visitors. This picturesque waterfall is less than a hundred meters from the Icefields...
1.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Woolley, Jasper National Park
41 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 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Alberta, Jasper National Park
97 min walk • Mount Alberta is a mountain located in the upper Athabasca River Valley of Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. J. Norman Collie named the mountain in 1898 after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta.
4.9 miE
Mountain
Tangle Ridge, Columbia Icefield
126 min walk • Tangle Ridge is a 3,000-metre mountain summit located in Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Tangle Ridge is situated south of Beauty Creek and north of Tangle Creek, in the Sunwapta River valley.
3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Cromwell, Jasper National Park
76 min walk • Mount Cromwell is a mountain located in the Sunwapta River Valley of Jasper National Park, in Alberta, Canada. Cromwell lines two km north of the east summit of Stutfield Peak. The mountain was named in 1972 by J.
2.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Engelhard, Jasper National Park
66 min walk • Mount Engelhard is a 3,270-metre mountain summit located between the Athabasca River valley and Sunwapta River valley of Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.
1.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Diadem Peak, Jasper National Park
27 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.
6.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Weiss, Jasper National Park
163 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.
4.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gong Peak, Jasper National Park
122 min walk • 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.
5.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Stutfield Peak, Jasper National Park
130 min walk • Stutfield Peak is a mountain in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. It is located at the northern end of the Columbia Icefield, 6 kilometres north-west from Mount Kitchener, in the Winston Churchill Range of the Canadian Rockies.
3.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Nelson, Jasper National Park
100 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.