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Warwick Mountain
Warwick Mountain is located in Alberta
Warwick Mountain
Warwick Mountain
Location in Alberta
Highest point
Elevation 2,906 m (9,534 ft)
Prominence 566 m (1,857 ft)
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Geography
Location Alberta, Canada
Parent range Canadian Rockies
Topo map NTS 83C/04
Climbing
First ascent 1919 by the Interprovincial Boundary Commission
Easiest route rock/snow climb

Warwick Mountain is a mountain in Alberta, Canada.

It is located south of Warwick Creek in the Athabasca River Valley of Jasper National Park. It stands east of the Chaba Icefield and north of the Columbia Icefield.

The mountain was named in 1919 by Arthur O. Wheeler after Warwick Castle in England when he noted the castellated appearance of the mountain and it being situated just 8 km (5.0 mi) north of Mt. King Edward.

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