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Mount Gec
Mount Gec is located in Alberta
Mount Gec
Mount Gec
Location in Alberta
Highest point
Elevation 3,130 m (10,270 ft)
Prominence 400 m (1,300 ft)
Geography
Location Alberta, Canada
Parent range Winston Churchill Range
Topo map NTS 83C/06
Climbing
First ascent 1948 by George Harr, Ellen Wilts, Chuck Wilts
Easiest route rock/snow climb

Mount Gec is a mountain located in the Sunwapta River Valley of Jasper National Park. Gec lies 4 km (2 mi) northwest of Diadem Peak. The mountain was named in 1961 after the first names of the three climbers who made the first ascent — George Ellen Chuck.

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