Its nearest higher peak is Mount Tinniswood, 9.23 km (5.74 mi) to the north-northeast.

The mountain was named in 1860 by Captain Richards to honor Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819-1861), the husband of Queen Victoria.

[2] The first ascent was made in 1929 by Arthur Tinniswood Dalton and Percy Williams Easthope.

[5] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Coast Mountains where they are forced upward by the range (Orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall.

As a result, the Coast Mountains experience high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall.