Deltaform Mountain

Deltaform Mountain
Deltaform Mountain
Highest point
Elevation3,424 m (11,234 ft)[1][2]
Prominence822 m (2,697 ft)[3]
Parent peakHungabee Mountain (3492 m)
Listing
Coordinates51°18′06″N 116°14′43″W / 51.30167°N 116.24528°W / 51.30167; -116.24528[4]
Geography
Deltaform Mountain is located in Alberta
Deltaform Mountain
Deltaform Mountain
Deltaform Mountain is located in British Columbia
Deltaform Mountain
Deltaform Mountain
CountryCanada
Provinces
Protected area
Parent rangeBow Range
Topo mapNTS 82N8 Lake Louise[4]
Climbing
First ascent1 September 1903
by A. Eggers, H.C. Parker, C. Kaufmann, and H. Kaufmann[3]
Easiest routerock/snow climb

Deltaform Mountain is one of the mountains in the Valley of the Ten Peaks, located on the Continental Divide on the border of British Columbia and Alberta, and also on the border between Banff and Kootenay National Parks in Canada. The mountain was originally named Saknowa by Samuel Allen but Walter Wilcox named it to its official title in 1897 as it resembles the Greek letter delta.[1][4]

Deltaform was first climbed in 1903 by August Eggers and Herschel Clifford Parker who were guided by Christian and Hans Kaufmann.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b c "Deltaform Mountain". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2004-05-14.
  2. ^ "Topographic map of Deltaform Mountain". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  3. ^ a b c "Deltaform Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
  4. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference bcgnis was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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