Mount Assiniboine, also known as Assiniboine Mountain, is a

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located on the Great Divide, on the

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border in

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. At , it is the highest peak in the Southern

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of the

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. Mount Assiniboine rises nearly above Lake Magog. Because of its resemblance to the

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in the Alps, it is nicknamed the "Matterhorn of the Rockies". Mount Assiniboine was named by George M. Dawson in 1885. When Dawson saw Mount Assiniboine from Copper Mountain, he saw a plume of clouds trailing away from the top. This reminded him of the plumes of smoke emanating from the

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s of the

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. Mount Assiniboine lies on the border between

Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located around Mount Assiniboine. History The park was established 1922. Some of the more recent history that is explorable within the park include Wheeler's Won ...

, in British Columbia, and

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, in Alberta. The mountain can be reached only by a six-hour hike or horse-pack , three-hour bike ride (now disallowed to reduce human / grizzly encounters) or helicopter.

Climbing

Mt. Assiniboine was first climbed in the summer of 1901 by James Outram, Christian Bohren and Christian Hasler. In 1925,

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became the first person to make a solo ascent. On August 27, 2001, Bohren's granddaughter Lonnie along with three others made a successful ascent, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first ascent. There are no

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routes up Mt. Assiniboine. The easiest

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routes are the North Ridge and North Face at YDS 5.5 which are reached from the Hind Hut.

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Mount Assiniboine in Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia (Bivouac.com)
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Climbing

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