Mount Weiss, Jasper National Park

#59 among attractions in Jasper National Park

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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. The mountain was named in 1972 after Joe Weiss, who had spent 45 years of his life exploring and guiding in Jasper. ()

Alternative names: First ascent: 1971Elevation: 10138 ftProminence: 591 ftCoordinates: 52°23'28"N, 117°28'30"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Mount Adam Joachim, Diadem Peak, Gong Peak, Mount Nelson.

2.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Adam Joachim, Jasper National Park
62 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.
6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Diadem Peak, Jasper National Park
153 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 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gong Peak, Jasper National Park
42 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.
3.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Nelson, Jasper National Park
80 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.
2.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Thorington Tower, Jasper National Park
66 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.
1.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Mitchell, Jasper National Park
38 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.
3.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount GEC, Jasper National Park
101 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.
1.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount McGuire, Jasper National Park
38 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.
3.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Palmer, Jasper National Park
84 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.
6.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mushroom Peak, Jasper National Park
163 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.
3.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Morden Long, Jasper National Park
88 min walk • Mount Morden Long is a mountain located in the Athabasca River Valley of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. The mountain was named in 1966 after Mordon Long, who was a respected Canadian historian and chairman of the Geographic Board of Alberta.