Bastion Peak, Mount Robson Provincial Park

Name: Bastion Peak
Address: Mount Robson Provincial Park, Canada

#27 among attractions in Mount Robson Provincial Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Bastion Peak is a 2,994 meter mountain summit located on the shared border of Jasper National Park in Alberta, and Mount Robson Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. It is situated in the Tonquin Valley in the Canadian Rockies. It was named in 1916 by Édouard-Gaston Deville because it has an appearance similar to that of a bastion on a castle. Its nearest higher peak is Turret Mountain, 1.6 km to the west, and its greater parent is Mount Geikie 3 km to the west. ()

First ascent: 1925Elevation: 9823 ftProminence: 1467 ftCoordinates: 52°42'34"N, 118°20'42"W

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Mount Robson Provincial Park Canada

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

Nearby attractions include: Mount Erebus, Outpost Peak, Tonquin Valley, Caniche Peak.

6.2 miSE
Mountain
Mount Erebus
159 min walk • Mount Erebus is a 3,112-metre mountain summit located near one of the most beautiful mountain meccas in the world, the Tonquin Valley of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada.
5.6 miSE
Mountain
Outpost Peak
143 min walk • Outpost Peak is a 2,880-metre double peak mountain located in the Tonquin Valley of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. The northeast peak is identified on some maps as Outpost Peak, but the southwest peak is higher.
3.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Tonquin Valley, Jasper National Park
84 min walk • The Tonquin Valley is located in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, next to the border of the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, an area which is also the continental divide, running along the peaks of the South Jasper Range which rise above Amethyst Lake.
3.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Caniche Peak, Mount Robson Provincial Park
84 min walk • Caniche Peak is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1922 by Arthur O. Wheeler. He suggested it be called Poodle Park as he thought it resembled the head of a poodle.
4.8 miE
Mountain
Mount Clitheroe, Jasper National Park
123 min walk • Mount Clitheroe is a summit in Alberta, Canada. It takes its name from Clitheroe, in England.
0.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Drawbridge Peak, Jasper National Park
23 min walk • Drawbridge Peak is located on the Continental Divide along the provincial borders of Alberta and British Columbia. The Alberta side is in Jasper National Park while Mount Robson Provincial Park is on the B.C. side.
3.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Fraser, Mount Robson Provincial Park
98 min walk • Mount Fraser is a mountain located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It is Alberta's 38th highest peak and Alberta's 22nd most prominent mountain. It is also British Columbia's 50th highest peak. It was named in 1917 after Simon Fraser.
2.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Dungeon Peak, Jasper National Park
67 min walk • Dungeon Peak is a 3,129-metre mountain summit located on the shared border of Jasper National Park in Alberta, and Mount Robson Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. Dungeon Peak is part of The Ramparts in the Tonquin Valley. The descriptive name was applied in 1916 by Morrison P.
2.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Redoubt Peak, Jasper National Park
60 min walk • Redoubt Peak is a 3,115-metre mountain summit located on the shared border of Jasper National Park in Alberta, and Mount Robson Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. Redoubt Peak is part of The Ramparts in the Canadian Rockies.
4.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Vista Peak, Mount Robson Provincial Park
117 min walk • Vista Peak is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1917, the name refers to the view from the peak of the mountain.
3.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Simon Peak, Mount Robson Provincial Park
96 min walk • Simon Peak is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, at the Southern end of Mount Robson Provincial Park. It is the highest peak of Mount Fraser. It was named in 1920 by the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission.