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North Twin Peak

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3 730 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

959 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

Proportional Prominence 2 978 m

About

North Twin (Peak) is one of the two main peaks that comprise The Twins massif located at the northeast corner of the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. The other lower peak is named South Twin (3,566 m). North Twin is the third-highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, after Mount Robson and Mount Columbia.

The massif was named The Twins in 1898 by J. Norman Collie and Hugh M. Stutfield. The decision to name the peaks separately was approved February 28, 1980.

In addition to North Twin and South Twin, the massif contains a northern subpeak of North Twin known as Twins Tower, 3,627 m (11,900 ft) (see lower photo). This sits atop the famed north face of the massif (see below), and was named in 1984. Further, another subpeak in the massif is known as West Twin 3,360 m (11,024 ft), a picture of which can be found in the South Twin Gallery - access to this peak is from the north–south col.

There's a trail called The Twins Route leading to the summit.

By elevation North Twin Peak is

# 3 out of 2255 in the Canadian Rockies
# 36 out of 27097 in Canada
# 2 out of 1917 in Alberta
# 2 out of 383 in Jasper National Park
# 2 out of 22 in the Columbia Icefield

By prominence North Twin Peak is

# 86 out of 2255 in the Canadian Rockies
# 47 out of 1917 in Alberta
# 15 out of 383 in Jasper National Park
# 4 out of 22 in the Columbia Icefield