Epaulette Mountain

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Epaulette Mountain is a 3,094-metre mountain summit located between the Howse River valley and Mistaya River valley of Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Sarbach, 3.64 km to the northwest. Epaulette Mountain is situated south of Saskatchewan Crossing, where the Icefields Parkway intersects with the David Thompson Highway. Descriptively named for the shoulder ornament on some military uniforms, a glacier seems to hang on a narrow shelf above the steep cliffs and was thought to resemble an epaulette. Epaulette is a French word which means "little shoulders". ()

Coordinates: 51°51'57"N, 116°44'5"W

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AlbertaCanada

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Epaulette Mountain – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Chephren, Howse Peak, Kaufmann Peaks, Stairway Peak.

2.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Chephren, Banff National Park
72 min walk • Mount Chephren is a mountain located in the Mistaya River Valley of Banff National Park, Canada. Mount Chephren was named after Chephren, the 4th Dynasty Egyptian pharaoh. The mountain was originally named Pyramid Mountain in 1897 by J.
4.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Howse Peak, Banff National Park
111 min walk • Howse Peak is the highest mountain in the Waputik Mountains, a subrange of the Canadian Rockies. It is located 5 km west of the Icefields Parkway, above Chephren Lake, on the continental divide between Alberta and British Columbia.
1.4 miNW
Mountain
Kaufmann Peaks
36 min walk • Kaufmann Peaks is a 3,110 and 3,094 metre double summit located on a ridge between the Howse River valley and Mistaya River valley of Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Sarbach, 2.0 km to the northwest, with Epaulette Mountain immediately to the southeast.
6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Stairway Peak, Banff National Park
154 min walk • Stairway Peak is a 3,006 metres mountain summit located on the Continental Divide, on the shared border of Alberta and British Columbia in the Canadian Rockies.
5.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Midway Peak, Banff National Park
143 min walk • Midway Peak is a 2,923 metres mountain summit located on the Continental Divide, on the shared border of Alberta and British Columbia in the Canadian Rockies.
5.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Synge, Banff National Park
133 min walk • Mount Synge is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1918 after Synge, Captain Millington Henry.
1.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Sarbach, Banff National Park
40 min walk • Mount Sarbach is a mountain located in Banff National Park between Mistaya River and Howse River and is visible from the Icefields Parkway. The mountain is named after Peter Sarbach, a mountain guide from Switzerland, who guided the first ascent by J. Norman Collie and G.P. Baker in 1897.
4.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Waputik Mountains, Banff National Park
109 min walk • The Waputik Mountains are a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, located on the Continental Divide between Banff and Yoho National Park. Covering an area of 1,069 square kilometres, the range is located west of the Howse, Blaeberry and Amiskwi Rivers and east of the Bow and Mistaya Rivers and south to Kicking Horse Pass.