Mount Scott, Jasper National Park

#61 among attractions in Jasper National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Mount Scott is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, North of the Hooker Icefield in Hamber Provincial Park. It is Alberta's 44th highest peak, and Alberta's 46th most prominence mountain. It is also British Columbia's 57th highest peak. It was named in 1913 after Captain Robert Falcon Scott. ()

Alternative names: First ascent: 1928Elevation: 10814 ftProminence: 3169 ftCoordinates: 52°26'53"N, 118°3'22"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Kleodora Peak, Committee's Punch Bowl, Mount Oates, Alnus Peak.

6.3 miNE
Mountain
Kleodora Peak
161 min walk • Kleodora Peak is a 2,850 metres mountain summit located in the Athabasca River valley of Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It is situated at the head of Fryatt Creek Valley on the same high ridge as Mount Christie, Brussels Peak, Mount Lowell, Xerxes Peak, and Karpathos Peak.
7.1 miSW
Lake
Committee's Punch Bowl
182 min walk • The Committee's Punch Bowl is a small pond on the continental divide straddling the border between the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. George Simpson, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, named the lake for the London-based managing committee of that company in 1824.
1.1 miSE
Mountain
Mount Oates
29 min walk • Mount Oates is a mountain ocated North of the Hooker Icefield, on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1913 by G.E.
3.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Alnus Peak, Jasper National Park
88 min walk • Alnus Peak is located on the Canadian provincial boundary between Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1921 by Arthur O. Wheeler; alnus is the Latin name of the Alder tree. The name may refer to the dense stands of Red Alder found in the area.
3.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Hooker, Jasper National Park
86 min walk • Mount Hooker is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. It was named in 1827 by David Douglas after William Jackson Hooker.
2.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Ermatinger, Jasper National Park
55 min walk • Mount Ermatinger is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, NE of Kinbasket Lake. It was named in 1920 by Arthur O. Wheeler for Edward Ermatinger.
1.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Ross Cox, Jasper National Park
46 min walk • Mount Ross Cox is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1920 after Ross Cox who traveled the area in 1817.
4.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Divergence Peak, Jasper National Park
117 min walk • Divergence Peak is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1921 by Arthur O. Wheeler.
6.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
McGillivray Ridge, Jasper National Park
162 min walk • McGillivray Ridge is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. Sometime before 1814, this massive mountain was called McGillvray's Rock after William McGillivray of the NWC.
7.3 miSW
Mountain pass, Nature
Athabasca Pass, Jasper National Park
186 min walk • Athabasca Pass is a high mountain pass in the Canadian Rockies on the border between Alberta and British Columbia. In fur trade days it connected Jasper House on the Athabasca River with Boat Encampment on the Columbia River.