Crowsnest Mountain is a mountain

Mountain

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 located in the extreme southwestern corner of Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada, near the Crowsnest Pass

Crowsnest Pass

Crowsnest Pass is a high mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Canadian Rockies on the Alberta/British Columbia border.-Geography:...

. The mountain was originally named by the local Cree Indians due to the raven

Raven

Raven is the common name given to several larger-bodied members of the genus Corvus—but in Europe and North America the Common Raven is normally implied...

s that nested in the area.

The mountain is isolated from the nearby High Rock Range

High Rock Range

High Rock Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies in southwestern Alberta and southeastern British Columbia, Canada.It is a part of the Southern Continental Ranges and is located on the Continental Divide, north of the Crowsnest Pass and south of the Highwood Pass...

, except for its northerly neighbour, the Seven Sisters Mountain. The upper sections of the mountain were originally part of the aforementioned range but were pushed away and over top the younger rocks now at the bottom.

The scrambling route on the north side was first ascended in 1915.