Mount Andromeda is located within the
Columbia Icefield on the boundary of
Banff and
Jasper
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national parks. The mountain can be seen from the
Icefields Parkway
Highway 93 is a north–south highway in Alberta, Canada. It is also known as the Banff-Windermere Parkway south of the Trans-Canada Highway ( Highway 1) and the Icefields Parkway north of the Trans-Canada Highway. It travels through ...
(#93) near Sunwapta Pass and is 2.3 km WSW of
Mount Athabasca
Mount Athabasca is located 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
Cree (also kn ...
. Mt. Andromeda was named in 1938 by Rex Gibson, former president of the
Alpine Club of Canada
The Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) is an amateur athletic association with its national office in Canmore, Alberta that has been a focal point for Canadian mountaineering since its founding in 1906. The club was co-founded by Arthur Oliver Wheeler, ...
, after
Andromeda, the wife of
Perseus
In Greek mythology, Perseus (Help:IPA/English, /ˈpɜːrsiəs, -sjuːs/; Greek language, Greek: Περσεύς, Romanization of Greek, translit. Perseús) is the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty. He was, alongside Cadmus ...
.
[ From the Climber's Guide:
* "A deservedly popular peak, well seen and easily accessible from the Icefields campground via the road to the snowmobile parking lot."][
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Routes
There are several mountaineering and climbing routes on Andromeda. The ''Skyladder'' is the normal and very popular glacier route.[
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References
External links
Mt. Andromeda on SummitPost
Three-thousanders of Alberta
Mountains of Banff National Park
Mountains of Jasper National Park
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