Mount Hector (Alberta)

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Mount Hector
Elevation 3,394 m (11,135 ft)
Location Flag of Alberta Alberta Flag of Canada Canada
Range Canadian Rockies
Prominence 1759 m (Kicking Horse Pass)
Coordinates 51°34′24″N 116°15′30″W / 51.57333, -116.25833
Topo map NTS 82N/09
First ascent 1895
Easiest route rock/snow/glacier climb

Mount Hector is a mountain in Banff National Park, Canada. The mountain was named in 1884 by George M. Dawson after James Hector, a geologist on the Palliser Expedition. The mountain is located beside the Icefields Parkway, 17 km north of Lake Louise.

The first ascent was made in 1895 by Philip S. Abbot, Charles Fay and Charles S. Thompson.

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