Dungeon Peak is a 3,129-metre (10,266 ft) mountain summit located on the shared border of Jasper National Park in Alberta, and Mount Robson Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. Dungeon Peak is part of The Ramparts in the Tonquin Valley. The descriptive name was applied in 1916 by Morrison P. Bridgland (1878-1948), a Dominion Land Surveyor who named many peaks in Jasper Park and the Canadian Rockies.[1][2][4][5] The mountain's name was made official in 1935 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[6]

Dungeon Peak
Dungeon Peak centered, with Oubliette Mountain (left), and Redoubt Peak to right
Highest point
Elevation	3,129 m (10,266 ft)[1]
Prominence	489 m (1,604 ft)[2]
Parent peak	Bennington Peak (3260 )[2]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	52°41′06″N 118°17′44″W[3]
Geography
Dungeon Peak Location in Alberta and British Columbia Show map of Alberta Dungeon Peak Dungeon Peak (British Columbia) Show map of British Columbia
Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
Parent range	Park Ranges
Topo map	NTS 83D9 Amethyst Lakes[3]
Climbing
First ascent	1933 by Rex Gibson, R.C. Hind, E.L. Woolf[2]
Easiest route	East Face IV 5.7[1]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Dungeon Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.

See also

• List of peaks on the British Columbia–Alberta border
• Tonquin Valley
• The Ramparts

References

External links

• National Park Service web site: Jasper National Park
• Dungeon Peak weather: Mountain Forecast

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