Abbot Pass

{{Short description|Mountain pass in Alberta, Canada}}

{{Distinguish|Abbot Pass (Clackamas County, Oregon)}}

{{Infobox mountain pass

| name = Abbot Pass

| photo = Abbot Pass.jpg

| photo_caption = Abbot Pass, with the approach from the British Columbia side

| elevation_m = 2925

| elevation_ref =

| traversed =

| location = Banff National Park, Alberta / Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada

| range = Canadian Rockies

| coordinates = {{coord|51|21|59|N|116|17|04|W|type:pass|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref=

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|8}}

| map = Alberta#British Columbia

| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia

}}

Abbot Pass lies between Mount Lefroy and Mount Victoria, in the divide between the valleys of Lake O'Hara and Lake Louise.{{cite bcgnis|id=120 |title=Abbot Pass}} It was named for Philip Stanley Abbot who died in 1896 in an attempt to climb Mount Lefroy with Charles Fay, Charles Thompson, and George T. Little.{{cite web|url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/yoho/natcul/natcul11_e.asp|title=National Historic Sites|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070117072423/http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/yoho/natcul/natcul11_e.asp |archive-date=January 17, 2007|publisher=Parks Canada|url-status=dead|access-date=2006-08-27}}

Abbot Pass has a stone hut, built in 1922 by Swiss guides working for the Canadian Pacific Railway, and was maintained by the Alpine Club of Canada. In 2022, the hut was removed by Parks Canada due to erosion making the structure unsafe.{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Sarah |title=Climate change forces Parks Canada to dismantle, remove historic mountain hut |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/abbot-pass-yoho-keith-haberl-rick-kubian-climate-change-1.6364813 |access-date=27 October 2024 |publisher=CBC News |date=25 February 2022}}