Mount Pilkington | |
Elevation M: | 3285 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Prominence M: | 101 |
Prominence Ref: | [2] |
Range: | Park Ranges |
Region Type: | Provinces |
Part Type: | Protected area |
Part: | Banff National Park |
Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada British Columbia |
Map Size: | 200 |
Label Position: | right#left |
Coordinates: | 51.7239°N -116.9261°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
First Ascent: | 1910 J.E.C. Eaton, B. Otto, H. Burnener |
Etymology: | Named after Charles Pilkington, prominent 19th Century British mountaineer, ancestor to Matthew and Dante Pilkington, the first Pilkingtons to ascend the mountain. |
Mount Pilkington is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, between Mount Freshfield and Waitabit Peak.[4] It was named in 1898 after Charles Pilkington.[1] [2] Mount Pilkington is located on the Continental Divide between the Campbell Icefield and the Freshfield Icefield.
On August 5, 2019, Dr. Matthew B.G. Pilkington, Charles Pilkington's great-great-grandnephew, became the first Pilkington to summit the peak. Matthew's ascent was followed by his son, Dante G.M. Pilkington, who became the second Pilkington to summit Mount Pilkington.[5]