Mount Galatea

Mount Galatea is the highest peak of the Kananaskis Range, a subrange of the Canadian Rockies in the province of Alberta. It is located in the upper Spray Lakes Valley of the Kananaskis Country system of provincial parks. The mountain was named after the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Galatea which was sunk on December 14, 1941 off of Alexandria, Egypt.[2]

Mount Galatea
Mount Galatea from Galatea Lakes in July 2007
Highest point
Elevation3,185 m (10,449 ft) [1][2][3]
Prominence1,280 m (4,200 ft) [3]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates50°50′23″N 115°16′26″W [4]
Geography
Mount Galatea
Parent rangeCanadian Rockies, Kananaskis Range
Topo mapNTS 82J/14[4]
Climbing
First ascent1930 by Katie Gardiner, guided by Walter Feuz[5][2]
Easiest routeSouth Face: difficult scrambling[6]

References
  1. Canmore and Kananaskis Village (Map). 1:50,000. Gem Trek Publishing. 1998. § D3. ISBN 1-895526-22-1. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  2. "Mount Galatea". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  3. "Mount Galatea". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  4. "Mount Galatea". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  5. Thorington, J. Monroe (1966) [1921]. "Spray River : East". A Climber's Guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada. With the collaboration of Putnam, William Lowell (6th ed.). American Alpine Club. p. 56. ISBN 978-1376169003.
  6. Kane, Alan (1999). "Mount Galatea". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. pp. 100–101. ISBN 0-921102-67-4.


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