Ernest Peak

Ernest Peak
Ernest Peak
	Mt. Lyell 3 looking to Forbes, Lyell 4 & 5
Highest point
Elevation	3,498 m (11,476 ft)
Prominence	1,078 m (3,537 ft)
Parent peak	Mount Forbes (3617 m)
Listing	Mountains of Alberta; Mountains of British Columbia;
Coordinates	51°57′26″N 117°06′18″W
Geography
	Ernest Peak Location in Alberta and British Columbia Ernest Peak Ernest Peak (British Columbia)
Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
Protected area	Banff National Park
Parent range	Park Ranges
Topo map	NTS 82N14 Rostrum Peak
Climbing
First ascent	1926 by A.J. Ostheimer, M.M. Strumia, J.M. Thorington, E. Feuz

Ernest Peak - a.k.a. Lyell 3, L3 or Mt. Lyell (on maps, etc.) - is the central and highest peak of five distinct subpeaks on Mount Lyell (Canada) and is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. (There has been some dispute whether Lyell 2 or Lyell 3 is highest, but according to the recently released and corrected Climbers Guide to The Canadian Rocky Mountains - Rockies West book, the tallest is Ernest Peak).^[1] It was named in 1972 by Sydney R. Vallance after Ernest Feuz Jr.^[5]

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Due to this peak being the central and tallest subpeak - and thus is "Mount Lyell" - see the Mount Lyell article for geology and climate.

List of peaks on the British Columbia–Alberta border

[1]
Jones, David J. (2018). The Climbers Guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada, Vol. Three: Rockies West. Golden, B.C.: Thin Gruel Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-1-7753241-0-2.
[2]
"Topographic map of Mount Lyell–Ernest Peak". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
[3]
"Mount Lyell (Lyell 3, Ernest Peak)". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
[4]
"Ernest Peak (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
[5]
"Ernest Peak". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-11.