Mount Girouard

Mount Girouard
Mount Inglismaldie (left) and Mount Girouard (right)
Highest point
Elevation2,995 m (9,826 ft)[1]
Prominence1,455 m (4,774 ft)[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates51°14′10″N 115°24′11″W / 51.23611°N 115.40306°W / 51.23611; -115.40306[3]
Geography
Mount Girouard is located in Alberta
Mount Girouard
Mount Girouard
Location in Alberta
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Protected areaBanff National Park
Parent rangeFairholme Range
Topo mapNTS 82O3 Canmore[3]
Climbing
First ascent1938 by E.E. Bishop and D.R. Crosby[1][2]
Easiest routerock climb

Mount Girouard is the highest peak of the Fairholme Range in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Mt. Girouard is located in the Bow River valley south of Lake Minnewanka.

The mountain was named in 1904 after Sir Édouard Girouard, a railway builder in Africa during the rule of the British Empire.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Girouard". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2004-09-29.
  2. ^ a b c "Mount Girouard". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Girouard". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-02.

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