Mount Pilkington

{{Short description|Mountain in the country of Canada}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Pilkington

| photo = Mount Pilkington Summit Photo.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Pilkington is the center-most peak

| elevation_m = 3285

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakfinder|id=1080|name=Mount Pilkington|access-date=2021-09-15}}

| prominence_m = 101

| prominence_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=303|name=Mount Pilkington|access-date=2021-09-15}}

| range = Park Ranges

| listing = {{unbulleted list

| Mountains of Alberta

| Mountains of British Columbia}}

| country = Canada

| region_type = Provinces

| region = {{enum|Alberta|British Columbia}}

| part_type = Protected area

| part = Banff National Park

| map = Alberta#British Columbia#Canada

| map_size = 200

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

| label_position = right#left

| coordinates = {{coord|51.72388|-116.92611|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=IABJS|name=Mount Pilkington (Alberta)|access-date=2021-09-15}}

| topo_map = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|10}}

| first_ascent = 1910 J.E.C. Eaton, B. Otto, H. Burnener

| easiest_route =

|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.{{cite bcgnis|id=16778|title=Mount Pilkington|access-date=2021-09-15}} It was named in 1898 after Charles Pilkington. Mount Pilkington is located on the Continental Divide between the Campbell Icefield and the Freshfield Icefield.

The Pilkington Ascent

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.{{cite web|url=https://mountainconditions.ca/reports/freshfield-icefield|title=Freshfield Icefield Climbing Conditions|website=mountainconditions.ca|date=6 August 2019 |access-date=2021-11-20}}

File:Mount Pilkington Ascent History.jpg

See also

References

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Category:Mountains of Banff National Park

Category:Three-thousanders of Alberta

Category:Three-thousanders of British Columbia

Category:Park Ranges

Category:Alberta's Rockies

Category:Kootenay Land District

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