Mount K2 (Alberta)

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Mount K2
Elevation: 3,090 metres (10,138 feet)
Latitude: 52° 13′ 30″ N
Longitude: 117° 17′ 30″ W
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Topo map: NTS 83C/03
Range: Sir Winston Churchill Range
First ascent: 1938 by an ACC party guided by Christian Hasler jr.
Easiest route: rock/snow climb

Mount K2 is a mountain located in the upper Athabasca River Valley of Jasper National Park, 1½ km east of Mount Kitchener. The mountain was named in 1938 by Rex Gibson (former ACC president), apparently to signify this as a secondary peak of Mt. Kitchener, and not K2.