Mount Sarbach, Banff National Park

Name: Mount Sarbach
Address: Banff National Park, Canada

#154 among attractions in Banff National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Mount Sarbach is a mountain located in Banff National Park between Mistaya River and Howse River and is visible from the Icefields Parkway. The mountain is named after Peter Sarbach, a mountain guide from Switzerland, who guided the first ascent by J. Norman Collie and G.P. Baker in 1897. Mount Sarbach is situated south of Saskatchewan River Crossing, where the Icefields Parkway intersects with the David Thompson Highway. ()

Alternative names: First ascent: 1897Elevation: 10351 ftProminence: 1352 ftCoordinates: 51°52'35"N, 116°46'1"W

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Mount Sarbach – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Epaulette Mountain, Mount Outram, Mistaya Canyon, Mount Chephren.

1.6 miSE
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Epaulette Mountain
40 min walk • Epaulette Mountain is a 3,094-metre mountain summit located between the Howse River valley and Mistaya River valley of Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Sarbach, 3.64 km to the northwest.
4.6 miW
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Mount Outram
119 min walk • Mount Outram is a 3,245-metre mountain summit located in the Howse River Valley of Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak...
5.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Mistaya Canyon, Banff National Park
141 min walk • Mistaya Canyon is a canyon in the western part of the Canadian province of Alberta. It is formed by the Mistaya River. Tourists who are visiting Banff National Park often visit it because of its distinctive curvy canyon walls and because it is easy to access, being just off the Icefields Parkway.
4.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Chephren, Banff National Park
111 min walk • Mount Chephren is a mountain located in the Mistaya River Valley of Banff National Park, Canada. Mount Chephren was named after Chephren, the 4th Dynasty Egyptian pharaoh. The mountain was originally named Pyramid Mountain in 1897 by J.
5.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Howse Peak, Banff National Park
146 min walk • Howse Peak is the highest mountain in the Waputik Mountains, a subrange of the Canadian Rockies. It is located 5 km west of the Icefields Parkway, above Chephren Lake, on the continental divide between Alberta and British Columbia.
0.9 miNE
Mountain
Kaufmann Peaks
23 min walk • Kaufmann Peaks is a 3,110 and 3,094 metre double summit located on a ridge between the Howse River valley and Mistaya River valley of Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Sarbach, 2.0 km to the northwest, with Epaulette Mountain immediately to the southeast.
7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Midway Peak, Banff National Park
180 min walk • Midway Peak is a 2,923 metres mountain summit located on the Continental Divide, on the shared border of Alberta and British Columbia in the Canadian Rockies.
6.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Synge, Banff National Park
170 min walk • Mount Synge is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1918 after Synge, Captain Millington Henry.
5.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Waputik Mountains, Banff National Park
145 min walk • The Waputik Mountains are a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, located on the Continental Divide between Banff and Yoho National Park. Covering an area of 1,069 square kilometres, the range is located west of the Howse, Blaeberry and Amiskwi Rivers and east of the Bow and Mistaya Rivers and south to Kicking Horse Pass.