Mount Afton is a mountain summit located in Glacier National Park in the

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. It is situated near the north end of Asulkan Ridge, south of Rogers Pass, northeast of Revelstoke, and west of

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. The

first ascent In mountaineering, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in guide books) is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain or the first to follow a particular climbing route. First mountain ascents are notable because they en ...

of the mountain was made in 1893 by Herbert Lambert, Miss MacLeod, Harold A. Perley, William H. Rau, and William Stables via the east buttress. The mountain was climbed in 1895 via the south ridge by

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, and Charles S. Thompson who named the mountain after themselves using an amalgamation of letters from their surnames, ("A"bbot "F"ay "T"homps"on"). The mountain's name was officially adopted March 31, 1924, when approved by the

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Climate

Based on the

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, Mount Afton is located in a

subarctic climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of an ocean, ge ...

zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation

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from the mountain drains north into the

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Mount Afton
{{DEFAULTSORT:Afton Selkirk Mountains Glacier National Park (Canada) Columbia Country Two-thousanders of British Columbia Kootenay Land District