Mount Smythe (Alberta)

Mount Smythe
Mount Smythe
Location in Alberta
Mount Smythe
Location in Canada
Highest point
Elevation3,246 m (10,650 ft)
Prominence420 m (1,380 ft)
Parent peakDiadem Peak (3371 m)
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates52°21′22″N 117°28′51″W / 52.35611°N 117.48083°W / 52.35611; -117.48083
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Protected areaJasper National Park
Parent rangeWinston Churchill Range
Topo mapNTS 83C6 Sunwapta Peak
Climbing
First ascent1951 by Gil Roberts, Chuck Wilts, Ellen Wilts
Easiest routeRock/snow climb

Mount Smythe is a mountain in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.

It is located in the Winston Churchill Range, 2 km (1.2 mi) southwest of Gong Peak and 1 km (0.62 mi) north of Mount Nelson. It reaches a summit elevation of 3,246 m (10,650 ft).

The mountain was named after Francis Sydney Smythe, an international mountaineer who climbed in the Himalayas, Alps and the Canadian Rockies.