Catamount Peak

Catamount Peak is a 2,733-metre (8,967-foot) mountain located in Glacier National Park in British Columbia, Canada.

Catamount Peak is part of the Hermit Range of the Selkirk Mountains and is 7 km (4.3 mi) west of Rogers Pass.

[2] Precipitation runoff from the mountain's south slope drains to Illecillewaet River via Cougar Brook, and the north slope drains to the Beaver River via Ursus Creek.

[1] "Catamount" is shortened from the 17th-century "cat-of-the-mountain", and is synonymous with cougar, mountain lion, or any variety of wild cat.

[7] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on March 31, 1917, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.