Salient Mountain
- 9,219 ft
- summit
- Parks Canada
- managed by
Salient Mountain is a mountain in Alberta, Canada, with its summit at about 9,220 ft (2,810 m) above sea level. It stands inside Jasper National Park. No mapped trail reaches the top in OpenStreetMap, so plan the approach with local maps or a guide. Peaks within about 3 miles include Mount McCord. For camping, Colonel Pass and Miette Lake are within about 6 miles. The location and elevation come from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus 90 m elevation model. Check local access rules and conditions before you go.
- Summit elevation
- 9,219 ft
- Land manager
- Parks Canada
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit of Salient Mountain. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide, and check conditions before you go.
Questions about Salient Mountain
How tall is Salient Mountain?
9,219 ft (2,810 m).
Is there a trail to the top of Salient Mountain?
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide.
Mount BridglandSummit · ~16 min drivePhoto: Philip Kuntz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Yellowhead MountainSummit · ~20 min drivePhoto: Frank Kovalchek from Anchorage, Alaska, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Mount McCordSummit · ~3 min drive
- Mount MachraySummit · ~5 min drive
- Mount McNaughtonSummit · ~6 min drive
- Mount BeaupreSummit · ~7 min drive
- Mount MahoodSummit · ~8 min drive
- Razorback MountainSummit · ~8 min drive
- The ColonelSummit · ~8 min drive
- Mount MorenSummit · ~10 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Dave Henry LodgeHut camping · ~28 min drive
- Resplendent Mountain RouteHiking · ~30 min drive
Overlander FallsWaterfall · ~36 min drivePhoto: Christoph Strässler from Oberdorf BL, Schweiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Robson River CampgroundCamping · ~39 min drivePhoto: Christian Germain, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Salient Mountain
No month here meets our mild-weather rule. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where there's no snowfall data), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
6° / -5°
11 wet
Feb
13° / -2°
11 wet
Mar
20° / 4°
12 wet
Apr
29° / 12°
10 wet
May
37° / 19°
13 wet
Jun
46° / 26°
15 wet
Jul
53° / 33°
15 wet
Aug
53° / 32°
14 wet
Sep
43° / 24°
14 wet
Oct
28° / 11°
12 wet
Nov
12° / 0°
12 wet
Dec
3° / -8°
11 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1981–2010. Modelled for the 1 km square this place sits in (average height 8,222 ft), not measured at a weather station. The square averages about 1,000 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. Snowfall days aren't in this data. Source: CHELSA 1 km climate model (1981–2010) and CRU TS 4.09 wet days. Data: CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al. 2017), WSL (CC0 1.0); CRU TS 4.09 (Harris et al. 2020), University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. (Open Government Licence v3.0).
Conditions and forecast
Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at the summit for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.
Map and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors
