Ernest Peak - Lyell 3, L3 or Mt. Lyell (on maps, etc.) - is the central and highest peak of five distinct subpeaks on

Mount Lyell (Canada) Mount Lyell is a mountain on the Alberta– British Columbia border in western Canada. Comprising five distinct summits, Mount Lyell reaches a height of . The mountain was named by James Hector in 1858 in recognition of Scottish geologist Sir ...

and is located on the border of

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and

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. (There has been some dispute whether Lyell 2 or Lyell 3 is highest, but according to the recently released and corrected Climbers Guide to The Canadian Rocky Mountains - Rockies West book, the tallest is Ernest Peak). It was named in 1972 by Sydney R. Vallance after Ernest Feuz Jr. __NOTOC__

Geology and climate

Due to this peak being the central and tallest subpeak - and thus ''is'' "Mount Lyell" - see the Mount Lyell article for geology and climate.

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* Ernest Peak climbing photo
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The Lyells Identified By Number

Mountains of Banff National Park Three-thousanders of Alberta Three-thousanders of British Columbia Canadian Rockies {{BritishColumbia-geo-stub

Geology and climate

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