Defender Mountain, Height of the Rockies Provincial Park
#4 among attractions in Height of the Rockies Provincial Park
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Defender Mountain is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. ()
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Defender Mountain – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Mount Sarrail, Warrior Mountain, Mount Nomad, Mount Indefatigable.
MountainMount Sarrail
141 min walk • Mount Sarrail is a 3,159-metre mountain summit located in Kananaskis Country in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Mount Sarrail is situated 1.0 kilometre north of the Continental Divide, within Peter Lougheed Provincial Park.
MountainWarrior Mountain, Height of the Rockies Provincial Park
84 min walk • Warrior Mountain is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1917 after HMS Warrior. The first ascent of the mountain was made in 1930 by Kate Gardiner and Walter Feuz. The duo also made the first ascents of nearby Mount Sarrail and Mount Lyautey that same year.
MountainMount Nomad
141 min walk • Mount Nomad is a 2,544-metre mountain summit located in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.
MountainMount Indefatigable
160 min walk • Mount Indefatigable is a 2,667-metre mountain summit located in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. The peak is visible from Alberta Highway 40, and the Kananaskis Lakes area. Mount Indefatigable's nearest higher neighbor is Mount Invincible, 1.8 km to the northwest.
MountainMount Lyautey
74 min walk • Mount Lyautey is a 3,045-metre mountain summit located in Kananaskis Country in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Mount Lyautey is situated 2.0 kilometres east of the Continental Divide, within Peter Lougheed Provincial Park.
Nature, Natural attraction, MountainMount Worthington
45 min walk • Mount Worthington is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1956 after Lt. Col.
Nature, Natural attraction, MountainMount Northover
60 min walk • Mount Northover is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. The nearest higher peak is Mount Lyautey, 2.0 km to the north-northeast. It was named in 1917 after Lieutenant A.W. Northover, M.C. of the C.E.F. one of western Canada's first war heroes.
MountainMount Warspite
163 min walk • Mount Warspite is a 2,860-metre mountain summit located in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. The peak is visible from the Smith-Dorrien Road, and Alberta Highway 40 in the Kananaskis Lakes area. Mount Warspite's nearest higher peak is Mount Black Prince, 2.4 km to the northwest.
MountainMount Beatty, Height of the Rockies Provincial Park
120 min walk • Mount Beatty is a mountain located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1924 after David Beatty, a British naval officer of Irish ancestry who commanded ships in the First World War.
Nature, Natural attraction, MountainMount Putnik
83 min walk • Mount Putnik is a mountain located north of Three Isle Creek and west of the Kananaskis River in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park Alberta, Canada. The mountain is named after the Serbian Field Marshal Radomir Putnik.
MountainMount Pétain, Elk Lakes Provincial Park
154 min walk • Mount Pétain is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1918 after the then-to-be Nazi-collaborator, Marshal Philippe Pétain, who was then an honoured war hero for the Allies of World War I.
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