Mount Arethusa Explained

Mount Arethusa
Elevation M:2912
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:138
Prominence Ref:[2]
Range:Misty Range
Listing:Mountains of Alberta
Region Type:Province
Region:Alberta
Map:Canada Alberta
Map Size:200
Label Position:right
Coordinates:50.6075°N -114.9678°W
Coordinates Ref:[3]
Easiest Route:Difficult scramble

Mount Arethusa is a mountain located in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.

It is located alongside Highway 40, immediately east of the Highwood Pass parking lot in Kananaskis Country, and is a part of the Misty Range of the Southern Continental Ranges. It is named after, a British cruiser sunk in the 1915 Battle of Dogger Bank.[4] [5]

Mt. Arethusa and Little Arethusa form the southern wall of the Ptarmigan cirque which is a popular short hike from the Highwood Pass parking lot.

Notes and References

  1. 51 . Mount Arethusa . 2019-08-20.
  2. 5675. Mount Arethusa. 2013-03-30.
  3. IAUHF. Mount Arethusa. 2023-08-19.
  4. Book: Boles . Glen W.. Roger W. . Laurilla . William L. . Putnam . Canadian Mountain Place Names . registration . Vancouver. Rocky Mountain Books . 2006. 30 . 978-1-894765-79-4.
  5. Book: Place-names of Alberta. 1928. Geographic Board of Canada. Ottawa. 12.