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Mount Edith Cavell
- Easiest route
- 6.1 km+1,671 m · about 4.5 h · T6
- Prominence
- 2,007 m6,585 ft
- Tonight
- -21°CCloudy · Wind 5 km/h NW
Mount Edith Cavell is a 3,363 m (11,033 ft) mountain in the South Jasper Ranges, Alberta, Canada.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,363 m · 11,033 ft
- Range
- South Jasper Ranges
- Region
- Alberta, Canada
- Protected area
- Jasper National Park
- Coordinates
- 52.6676° N, 118.0585° W
How to get to the top of Mount Edith Cavell
2 mapped routes from where a car can get you. None is a walk: expect scrambling, snow or glacier.
Easiest route: from Mount Edith Cavell (upper lot) (parking)
- Distance
- 6.1 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,671 m−67 m (5,482 ft up)
- Time up
- about 4.5 h
- Difficulty
- T6Difficult alpine: glacier and climbing skills required
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Edith Cavell 3D map
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Mount Edith Cavell terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Mount Edith Cavell weather
Today · Clear · -21 / -15°C (-6 / 5°F) · Wind 5 km/h NW
Mount Edith Cavell forecast for the summit, about 3,363 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,732 m.
- Today-21°-15°–5 km/h NWBase -12 / -5°
- Sat-18°-13°2.5 mm9 km/h NEBase -8 / -3°
- Sun-17°-12°–5 km/h NEBase -7 / -3°
- Mon-14°-7°–4 km/h SWBase -4 / 3°
- Tue-15°-8°1.9 mm5 km/h SBase -5 / 2°
- Wed-19°-14°2.7 mm7 km/h NBase -9 / -4°
- Thu-20°-14°0.3 mm3 km/h EBase -10 / -4°
- Fri-20°-14°0.6 mm6 km/h SBase -10 / -4°
- Sat-16°-15°0.4 mm11 km/h SWBase -6 / -6°
- Sun-16°-11°–10 km/h SBase -6 / -1°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mount Edith Cavell
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Edith Cavell, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Mount Edith Cavell (upper lot)
Nearest trailhead
Astoria Trailhead
Nearest campsite
Astoria Campground
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Mount Edith Cavell (upper lot)Parking | 2.2 km N |
| Mount Edith Cavell (lower lot)Parking | 2.3 km N |
| Mount Edith CavellParking | 3.8 km N |
| Astoria TrailheadTrailhead | 3.9 km N |
| Astoria CampgroundCampsite | 6.0 km WNW |
| WhirlpoolCampsite | 6.3 km SE |
| Tie CampCampsite | 7.5 km SSE |
How steep is the route to Mount Edith Cavell?
The easiest mapped route, 6.1 km from 1,743 m to 3,363 m. Steepest stretch: 48°.
- 0–15°4.2 km
- 15–30°0.8 km
- 30–45°0.8 km
- 45°+0.2 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 70 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 6 km, measured from the Mount Edith Cavell summit.
Summit list 6
- 1Mount Sorrow3,010 m 1.9 km NW
- 2Mount Edith Cavell S2.23,050 m 2.3 km S
- 3Verdant Peak2,879 m 3.9 km SSE
- 4Chevron Mountain2,835 m 4.9 km SW
- 5North Peak2,810 m 5.0 km WSW
- 6Throne Mountain3,120 m 5.5 km W
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 239 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Hoary Marmot99
- American Pika82
- Dwarf Fireweed63
- Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel56
- Partridgefoot44
- Western moss-heather41
Where Mount Edith Cavell sits
- Region
- Alberta66Canada331North America1,313
- Protected area
- Jasper National Park9
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Angel Glacier2,268 m↑1.0 km NNW
Tonquin Valley↑15 km WNW
Fraser Pass↑24 km SW
Patricia Lake1,176 m↑26 km N
Maligne Canyon↑28 km N
More in the Canadian Rockies 6
Mount Edith Cavell downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,353 m at the summit; the official height is 3,363 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,363 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,353 m | -10 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,338 m | -25 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-13)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)