Lake Magog
Below the summit.
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Mount Assiniboine is a pyramid-shaped peak on the Great Divide, on the border between British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, about 35 km south of Banff in a straight line. At 3,618 metres it is the highest peak in the Southern Continental Ranges of the Canadian Rockies, rising nearly 1,525 metres above Lake Magog. Its likeness to the Matterhorn earned it the nickname «Matterhorn of the Rockies». George M. Dawson named it in 1885, when a plume of cloud trailing from its top reminded him of smoke rising from the tepees of the Assiniboine people. The snowy, glaciated rock pyramid rises above turquoise Lake Magog, alpine meadows and larch and pine forest, and the summit is mirrored in small lakes at dawn. No road reaches it: you hike about 27 km in roughly six hours, or fly in by helicopter on set days. There is a mountain lodge, huts and campgrounds, booked far in advance. This is grizzly country, so carry bear spray.
Below the summit.
Summer flowers.
The peak mirrored.
Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, on the British Columbia and Alberta border, Canada
A 27 km hike or helicopter.
July to September.