So far as known, Buck Mountain, most southerly of the "matterhorn peaks", was the first major peak in the range to be scaled, the ascent being made early in 1898 by the topographical party of T. M. Bannon.
"Grand Teton [Wyoming] National Park"
United States Dept. of the Interior
Cascade Mountain, some miles north of the Bow, also offers the ambitious climber an inspiring sight of the matterhorn of the Rockies.
"Among the Canadian Alps"
Lawrence J. Burpee
I had never climbed before-unless you call scrambling on the hills at home climbing-and I was all eagerness to try till John gave me Whymper's book on Zermatt to amuse me in the train, and I read of the first ascent of the matterhorn and its tragic sequel.
"Olivia in India"
O. Douglas