Anû Kathâ Îpa, Mountain summit in Alberta, Canada.
Anû Kathâ Îpa is the high point of a ridge southwest of Mount Charles Stewart and northwest of Mount Lady Macdonald, near Canmore, Alberta. It is an outlier of Mount Charles Stewart in the Fairholme Range, within Kananaskis Provincial Park, rising 1,200 metres above the Bow River valley and standing 2 km northwest of Mount Lady Macdonald, just east of the Banff National Park gates.
The peak was long known as "Squaw's Tit", a name drawn from its resemblance to a woman's breast. On 20 August 2020 it was reported that the prominence would be renamed to avoid racist and misogynistic naming, and the Stoney Nakoda people were asked to help choose a culturally appropriate name. The Municipal District of Bighorn received a request to support the initiative in September 2020, and the official renaming to Anûkathâ Îpa took place on 29 September 2020.
Anûkathâ Îpa is the Stoney name for the peak, meaning 'Bald Eagle Peak'. The Stoney Nakoda people were asked to help choose a culturally appropriate name during the 2020 renaming, which replaced the former name 'Squaw's Tit'. The official name was adopted on September 29, 2020.
Access to the summit is via a moderate scrambling route starting from Harvie Heights and following the Northwest ridge. The climb requires some experience and good weather conditions for safe travel.
The whole massif reads as a woman lying on her back: the summit forms one breast, and the ridge line supplies a face, hair and body. The Stoney name Anûkathâ Îpa means Bald Eagle Peak, and the peak was officially renamed on September 29, 2020, after the Stoney Nakoda were asked to propose a name.
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