Eagle Mountain (Alberta)

Elevation2,836 m (9,304 ft)^[1]

Prominence321 m (1,053 ft)^[2]

ListingMountains of Alberta

Coordinates51°05′51″N 115°44′41″W / 51.09750°N 115.74472°W / 51.09750; -115.74472^[3]

Eagle Mountain
Eagle Mountain in February 2011
Highest point
Elevation	2,836 m (9,304 ft)[1]
Prominence	321 m (1,053 ft)[2]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates	51°05′51″N 115°44′41″W / 51.09750°N 115.74472°W / 51.09750; -115.74472[3]
Geography
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Interactive map of Eagle Mountain
Location	Banff National Park Alberta, Canada
Parent range	Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 82O4 Banff
Climbing
Easiest route	Hiking[4]

Eagle Mountain is a 2,836-metre (9,304-foot) mountain summit located immediately northeast of the Banff Sunshine ski resort in Banff National Park of Alberta, Canada. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1958 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.^[3] The nearest higher neighbor is Mount Howard Douglas, 1.51 km (0.94 mi) to the south-southeast.^[1]

Eagle Mountain contains a natural window officially named Goat's Eye^[5] located on the northeast ridge which leads many^{[quantify][who?]} to call it Goat's Eye Mountain. It was first noted by George Simpson who wrote of it: "a very peculiar feature in an opening of about eighty feet by fifty, which, as we advanced nearer, assumed the appearance of the gateway of a giant's fortress."^[6]