Princess Margaret Mountain
| Princess Margaret Mountain | |
|---|---|
 Lake Minnewanka and Princess Margaret Mountain | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,515 m (8,251 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 38 m (125 ft)[2] |
| Parent peak | Mount Charles Stewart 2809 m[2] |
| Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
| Coordinates | 51°09′32″N 115°22′08″W / 51.15889°N 115.36889°W[3] |
| Geography | |
  Princess Margaret Mountain Alberta, Canada | |
| Parent range | Fairholme Range Canadian Rockies |
| Topo map | NTS 82O3 Canmore[3] |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | rock climb |
Princess Margaret Mountain is a mountain located in the Bow River valley of Banff National Park, 2.5 km (1.6 mi) west of Mount Charles Stewart.
The mountain was named in 1958 after Princess Margaret (sister of Queen Elizabeth II), who had visited Banff and spent a night in a location near the mountain.[1]
Geology
The mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[4] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[5]
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, it is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Temperatures in winter can drop below −20 °C (−4 °F) with wind chill factors below −30 °C (−22 °F). Weather conditions during summer months are optimum for climbing.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Mt. Princess Margaret". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
- ^ a b "Princess Margaret Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
- ^ a b "Princess Margaret Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ 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: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.
External links
- Parks Canada National Park Service web site: Banff National Park