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Mount Andromeda (alberta)




  Elevation 3,450 metres (11,319 feet) Location= Alberta, Canada




Mount Andromeda is located within the Columbia Icefield on the boundary of Banff and Jasper national parks. The mountain can be seen from the Icefields Parkway (#93) near Sunwapta Pass and is directly southwest of Mt. Athabasca .

Mt. Andromeda was named in 1938 by Rex Gibson, former president of the Alpine Club Of Canada , after Andromeda , the wife of Perseus .


ROUTES

There are several mountaineering and climbing routes on Andromeda. The ''Skyladder'' is the normal and very popular glacier route.


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