Stanley Peak, Kootenay National Park

Name: Stanley Peak
Address: Kootenay National Park, Canada

#6 among attractions in Kootenay National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Stanley Peak is a 3,155-metre mountain located in the Ball Range, at the northeastern section of Kootenay National Park, in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The mountain was named in 1901 by its first climber, the English explorer Edward Whymper, after Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, the sixth Governor-General of Canada. There are sources that date the naming in 1912 after Stanley H. Mitchell, Secretary-Treasurer of Alpine Club of Canada. ()

Alternative names: First ascent: 1901Elevation: 10351 ftProminence: 814 ftCoordinates: 51°10'13"N, 116°3'14"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Numa Falls, Marble Canyon, Mount Whymper, Mount Ball.

4.3 miSW
Natural attraction, Park, Waterfall
Numa Falls, Kootenay National Park
110 min walk • Numa Falls is a waterfall of the Vermilion River located in Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada. It is accessible via a short drive off the Banff–Windermere Highway 93 that connects Banff National Park and Radium Hot Springs.
3.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Marble Canyon, Kootenay National Park
91 min walk • Marble Canyon is a canyon surrounding Tokumm Creek just above its confluence with the Vermilion River, at the north end of Kootenay National Park in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada.
4.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Whymper, Kootenay National Park
107 min walk • Mount Whymper, 2,844 m, is a mountain located in the Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada, in the Vermilion Pass area in Kootenay National Park.
2.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Ball, Banff National Park
58 min walk • Mount Ball is a mountain located on the Continental Divide, on the borders of Banff and Kootenay national parks in Western Canada. Mt. Ball is the highest peak of the Ball Range in the Canadian Rockies.
3.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Isabelle Peak, Banff National Park
93 min walk • Isabelle Peak is a peak located on the Continental Divide on the border of Banff and Kootenay National Parks in the Canadian Rockies.
7.3 miSE
Mountain
Scarab Peak
187 min walk • Scarab Peak is a 2,918 metres mountain summit located on the Continental Divide, on the shared border between Banff and Kootenay national parks in Canada. Scarab Peak is part of the Ball Range in the Canadian Rockies. The peak is situated one kilometre east-southeast of Haiduk Peak and 8.32 km southeast of Mount Ball.
5.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Boom Mountain, Kootenay National Park
145 min walk • Boom Mountain is located north of Vermilion Pass on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1908 after Boom Lake which is located right under the mountain.
6.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Haiduk Peak, Banff National Park
166 min walk • Haiduk Peak is a 2,920-metre peak, probably after Haiduk, district, Hungary or Hideghut, village of Rumania. Haiduk Peak is located on the Continental Divide on the border of Banff and Kootenay National Parks at the head of Haiduk Creek.
1.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beatrice Peak, Banff National Park
34 min walk • Beatrice Peak is a peak located on the Continental Divide on the border of Banff and Kootenay National Parks, between Stanley Peak and Mount Ball.
1.2 miN
Natural feature
Stanley Glacier
32 min walk • The Stanley Glacier locality in British Columbia is an exposure of the "thin" Stephen formation exhibiting soft-tissue preservation.
4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Vermilion Pass, Banff National Park
101 min walk • Vermilion Pass, elevation 1,680 m or 5,510 ft, is a high mountain pass in the Canadian Rockies, traversing the continental divide. It connects Kootenay National Park in the province of British Columbia with Banff National Park in Alberta.