Mount Chester

#686 among destinations in Canada

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Mount Chester is a mountain located in the Smith-Dorrien Creek Valley of Kananaskis in the Canadian Rockies. The mountain was named in 1917 after HMS Chester, which was severely damaged in the Battle of Jutland. ()

Elevation: 10020 ftProminence: 1119 ftCoordinates: 50°48'24"N, 115°15'43"W

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AlbertaCanada

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

Nearby attractions include: Chester Lake, Mount Smuts, The Fortress, Commonwealth Peak.

0.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Chester Lake
17 min walk • Chester Lake is a small lake in the Alberta side of the Canadian Rockies. It is located in the valley north west of Mount Chester in Spray Valley Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country in Alberta, Canada.
5.5 miW
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Mount Smuts
139 min walk • Mount Smuts is a 2,938-metre mountain summit located in the Spray Valley, near the northern end of the Spray Mountains range. It is situated on the shared boundary of Peter Lougheed Provincial Park with Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.
1.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
The Fortress
44 min walk • The Fortress is a mountain located SE of Gusty Peak in the Kananaskis River Valley of Kananaskis Park of the Canadian Rockies. When viewed from Highway 40, the north face presents a fortress like appearance.
3.9 miW
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Commonwealth Peak
101 min walk • Commonwealth Peak is a 2,775-metre mountain summit in the Spray Mountains, a sub-range of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta, Canada. The mountain is situated in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Birdwood, 1.0 km to the west.
4.5 miNW
Mountain
Mount Engadine
116 min walk • Mount Engadine is a 2,972-metre mountain summit located in the Spray River Valley of Kananaskis Country, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.
6.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
The Wedge
161 min walk • The Wedge is a mountain in Alberta, Canada. It is part of the Fisher Range of the Southern Continental Ranges of the Canadian Rockies.
1.9 miE
Mountain
Mount James Walker
48 min walk • Mount James Walker is a 3,035-metre mountain summit located in Kananaskis Country in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Mount James Walker is situated within Spray Valley Provincial Park, and its nearest higher peak is Mount Galatea, 5.0 km to the northwest.
6.1 miSW
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Mount Robertson
156 min walk • Mount Robertson is a mountain in the Canadian Rockies, standing astride the British Columbia-Alberta boundary between Palliser Pass and North Kananaskis Pass. The British Columbia side of the pass is in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park.
0.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Headwall Lakes
18 min walk • The Headwall Lakes are in a valley south-east of Mount Chester in Kananaskis Country in Alberta, Canada. They can be accessed from the Smith-Dorrien / Spray Trail road.
2.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Galatea
60 min walk • Mount Galatea is the highest peak of the Kananaskis Range, a subrange of the Canadian Rockies in the province of Alberta. It is located in the upper Spray Lakes Valley of the Kananaskis Country system of provincial parks.
4.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Birdwood, Banff National Park
125 min walk • Mount Birdwood is a 3,097-metre summit in the Spray Mountains range of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta, Canada. The mountain is situated on the east boundary of Banff National Park in the upper Spray Lakes River Valley.

Mount Chester

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