Crowfoot Mountain is a mountain within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. The Crowfoot Glacier sits on the northeastern flank of the mountain.
| Crowfoot Mountain | |
|---|---|
 Crowfoot Glacier and Mountain, plus Bow Lake | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,055 m (10,023 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 355 m (1,165 ft)[1] |
| Parent peak | Mount Olive |
| Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
| Coordinates | 51°37′30″N 116°26′00″W / 51.62500°N 116.43333°W[1] |
| Geography | |
| Parent range | Canadian Rockies |
| Topo map | NTS 82N9 Hector Lake[2] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1950 by 1950 E. Cromwell and G. Engelhard[1] |
The mountain was named in 1959 after the glacier.[1]
Geology
editLike other mountains in Banff Park, Crowfoot Mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[3] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[4]
Climate
editBased on the Köppen climate classification, Crowfoot Mountain is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below −20 C with wind chill factors below −30 C. Precipitation runoff from Crowfoot Mountain drains into the Bow River which is a tributary of the Saskatchewan River.
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Crowfoot Mountain
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e "Crowfoot Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
- ^ "Crowfoot Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ Belyea, Helen R. (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF). parkscanadahistory.com (Report). Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.
External links
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Media related to Crowfoot Mountain at Wikimedia Commons
- Parks Canada web site: Banff National Park