The nearest higher neighbor is Mount Sarbach, 2.0 km (1.2 mi) to the northwest,[1] with Epaulette Mountain immediately to the southeast.

Kaufmann Peaks is situated south of Saskatchewan Crossing, where the Icefields Parkway intersects with the David Thompson Highway.

The South Peak (3,110 m) is named for Hans Kaufmann (1874–1930), the younger of two Swiss brothers who were popular mountain guides.

The North Peak (3,094 m) honors Christian Kaufmann (1872–1939) who completed 36 first ascents in the Canadian Rockies by making fifteen of those in 1901 and ten more in 1902.

[2] Like other mountains in Banff Park, Kaufmann Peaks is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.