Mount Little
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Valley of the Ten Peaks
Mount Little is Peak Two of the Ten Peaks above Moraine Lake, immediately west of Mount Fay. In Samuel Allen’s original Stoney Nakoda sequence it was Nom, the word for two.
Moraine Lake role
Mount Little is one of the first major summits the eye catches in the classic Moraine composition. From the Rockpile it stands beside Mount Fay in the bright eastern part of the skyline, often taking early alpenglow while the lake remains in shadow. That contrast is a large part of what makes sunrise at Moraine Lake so dramatic.
Fay connection
Mount Little is closely tied to the Fay Glacier, which occupies the high basin beneath the eastern peaks of the valley and sends the meltwater and rock flour that feed Moraine Lake. In photographs from the back of the lake, Mount Little and the glacier often read as a single alpine mass.
Naming
As elsewhere in the valley, the present name replaced Allen’s numbered Nakoda name, while the broader Wenkchemna identity survived. That is why visitors often know the collective Ten Peaks even when the individual mountains remain unnamed to them.