Mount Garth

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

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Garth

| photo =

| photo_caption =

| elevation_m = 3043

| elevation_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=308|name=Mount Garth|access-date=2021-08-31}}

| prominence_m = 103

| prominence_ref=

| range = Park Ranges

| parent_peak = Coronation Mountain (3176 m)

| listing = Mountains of Alberta

| country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = Alberta

| part_type = Protected area | part = Banff National Park

| map = Canada Alberta

| map_caption = Location in SW Alberta

| map_size = 225

| label_position = right

| coordinates = {{coord|51.79888|-116.91388|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref= {{cite cgndb|id=IAFYF|name=Mount Garth|access-date=2021-08-31}}

| topo_maker = NTS | topo_map = {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|15}}

| first_ascent = 1934 by H.S. Kingman, J. Monroe Thorington, Rudolph Aemmer (guide)

| easiest_route =

}}

Mount Garth is a summit in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada located directly south of Coronation Mountain.{{cite peakfinder|id=535|name=Mount Garth|access-date=2021-08-31}}{{cite opentopomap|Mount Garth|51.79888|-116.91388|2021-08-31}}

Mount Garth was named in 1920 after John McDonald of Garth, a businessman in the fur industry.{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=60|year=1928|via=babel.hathitrust.org|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada.|location=Ottawa|page=56| access-date=2021-08-31}}

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Category:Mountains of Banff National Park

Category:Three-thousanders of Alberta

Category:Alberta's Rockies

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