Mount Andromeda (Alberta)

Mount Andromeda
Mt. Andromeda from the Athabasca Glacier
Highest point
Elevation	3,450 m (11,320 ft) ^[1]
Prominence	330 m (1,080 ft) ^[2]
Coordinates	52°10′36″N 117°13′54″W / 52.17667°N 117.23167°W / 52.17667; -117.23167Coordinates: 52°10′36″N 117°13′54″W / 52.17667°N 117.23167°W / 52.17667; -117.23167 ^[2]
Geography
Mount Andromeda Location in Alberta
Location	Alberta, Canada
Parent range	Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 83C/03
Climbing
First ascent	1930 by W.R. Hainsworth, J.F. Lehmann, M.M. Strumia^[1]
Easiest route	rock/glacier/snow climb

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 Mount Athabasca.

Mt. Andromeda was named in 1938 by Rex Gibson, former president of the Alpine Club of Canada, after Andromeda, the wife of Perseus.^[1]

Routes

There are several mountaineering and climbing routes on Andromeda. The Skyladder is the normal and very popular glacier route.^[1]

Ranges

Mountains

Passes

Glaciers

Rivers

see List of rivers of the Canadian Rockies and Category:Rivers of the Canadian Rockies

Peoples

Parks and protected areas

World Heritage Sites	Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park

National	Parks Banff Jasper Kootenay Yoho Waterton Lakes Historic Sites Jasper House Jasper Park Information Centre Yellowhead Pass Athabasca Pass Howse Pass Kootenae House Kicking Horse Pass Skoki Ski Lodge Twin Falls Tea House Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin Cave and Basin Banff Park Museum Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station First Oil Well in Western Canada

Provincial (AB)	Parks Bow Valley Bragg Creek Elbow-Sheep Ghost River Kananaskis Peter Lougheed Sheep River Siffleur Spray Valley White Goat Willmore Historic Sites Frank Slide

Provincial (BC)	Akamina-Kishinena Close To The Edge Dune Za Keyih (Frog-Gataga) Elk Lakes Graham-Laurier Hamber Height of the Rockies Hole-in-the-Wall Kakwa Kikomun Creek Kwadacha Mount Assiniboine Mount Fernie Mount Robson Muncho Lake Northern Rocky Mountains Pine Le Moray Stone Mountain Muskwa-Kechika

Ski resorts

Communities

Ecoregions

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