Mount Rundle

Rising boldly above the towns of Banff Mount Rundle is one of those landscapes that stops you in your tracks the moment you see it. Long before it carried its current name, the Cree people called it Waskahigan Watchi, or “House Mountain,” a name that feels just as fitting today.

In 1858, it was renamed after Reverend Robert Rundle, a Methodist missionary invited west by the Hudson Bay Company to work alongside the Cree. But no matter what name it holds, the mountain’s presence speaks for itself.

Stretching more than 12 kilometers across the skyline, Mount Rundle is often mistaken for a single peak, when in reality it’s a series of seven distinct summits. Its highest point reaches 9,675 feet (2,949 meters), rising sharply with rugged, jagged slopes that catch the light in a way only the Rockies can.

It’s one of those iconic views that never feels ordinary, no matter how many times you stand beneath it.

- Keltie Masters

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