Mount Hector (Alberta)

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Mount Hector
Elevation 3,394 metres (11,135 feet)
Location Alberta, Canada
Range Canadian Rockies
Prominence 1759 m (Kicking Horse Pass)
Coordinates 51°34′24″N, 116°15′30″W
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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