Photo: Tangle Ridge from the northwest on the Icefields Parkway
Tangle Ridge
- 3001 m (9,845ft)
- Naming History
52.2983N -117.287W
Located in the Sunwapta River Valley south of Beauty Creek and north of Tangle Creek
Province: Alberta
Park: Jasper
Headwater: Saskatchewan
Visible from Highway: 93N
Located in the Sunwapta River Valley south of Beauty Creek and north of Tangle Creek
Province: Alberta
Park: Jasper
Headwater: Saskatchewan
Visible from Highway: 93N
Year Named: 1907
Named by: Mary Schaffer
Named for: The name was applied because of the difficulty early parties had descending Tangle Creek to the north of the ridge.
Named by: Mary Schaffer
Named for: The name was applied because of the difficulty early parties had descending Tangle Creek to the north of the ridge.
There is a Tangle Peak near the Kootenay River Valley in British Columbia.
Looking north-northwest to Tangle Ridge from Wilcox Pass (courtesy Gerry Hopkins)
Looking east to Tangle Ridge from the Icefields Parkway
Photo: Tangle Ridge from the north on Sunwapta Peak (courtesy www.canadasmountains.com)
Looking south to Tangle Ridge from Sunwapta Peak (courtesy Ernest Gavrilov)