Situated 28 km (17 mi) southwest of Jasper near the Tonquin Valley, Mount Geikie is the highest peak of The Ramparts in the Canadian Rockies, one of the most beautiful mountain meccas in the world.

[5] The mountain was labelled on Arthur O. Wheeler's 1911 topographic map of the Mount Robson area.

[1] The first ascent of the north face was accomplished in 1967 by John Hudson and Royal Robbins (class 5.9).

[6] Other routes on the north face include the Lowe/Hannibal (class 5.10b) in 1979 by George Lowe and Dean Hannibal,[7] Hesse-Shilling (5.10) by Mark Hesse and Brad Shilling in August 1994, and Honky Tonquin (VI+ 5.10 A3) by Seth Shaw and Scott Simper in July 1999.

However, these months coincide with mosquito season, which requires effective defenses for the days-long approach to reach the mountain.