Mount Athabasca
| Mount Athabasca | |
|---|---|
Mount Athabasca and North Glacier seen from Wilcox Pass | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,491 m (11,453 ft) |
| Prominence | 671 m (2,201 ft) |
| Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
| Coordinates | 52°10′50″N 117°12′06″W / 52.18056°N 117.20167°W |
| Geography | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Protected area | Jasper National Park |
| Parent range | Canadian Rockies |
| Topo map | NTS 83C3 Columbia Icefield |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1898 by J. Norman Collie and Herman Woolley |
| Easiest route | Scramble, glacier, snow climb |
Mount Athabasca is in the Columbia Icefield of Jasper National Park in Canada. The mountain was named in 1898 by J. Norman Collie, who made the first ascent on August 18 of that year. Athabasca is the Cree language name for "where there are reeds", which originally referred to Lake Athabasca. Mount Athabasca is unusual, in that water flows to the Pacific Ocean from the western slope, the Arctic Ocean from the northeastern slope, and to Hudson Bay from the southeastern slope.