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Barrier Mountain

Mountain
82 O

Approximately 55 km north of Banff, elevation 2962 m.

The name for this mountain is descriptive. The mountain forms a ridge that extends north-west as a barrier from the Panther River to the Red Deer River. (Taken from Place-Names of Alberta, 1928.) The earliest recorded ascents were in 1947.