Amber Mountain (Alberta)

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Amber Mountain
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Amber Mountain
Location in Alberta
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Amber Mountain
Location in Canada
Highest point
Elevation 2,565 m (8,415 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 145 m (476 ft) [1]
Parent peak The Watchtower (2971 m) [1]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 52°48′42″N117°54′19″W / 52.81167°N 117.90528°W / 52.81167; -117.90528 [3]
Geography
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Protected area Jasper National Park
Parent range Maligne Range
Canadian Rockies
Topo map NTS 83C13 Medicine Lake [3]
Geology
Rock age Cambrian
Rock type Shale
Climbing
Easiest route Hike

Amber Mountain is a 2,565-metre (8,415-foot) mountain summit located in the Maligne Range of Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Amber Mountain was so named on account of amber-hued shale outcroppings. [4] The mountain was named in 1916 by Morrison P. Bridgland (1878-1948), a Dominion Land Surveyor who named many peaks in Jasper Park and the Canadian Rockies. [1] [5] The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1947 when approved by the Geographical Names Board of Canada. [3] Its nearest higher peak is The Watchtower, 5.0 km (3.1 mi) to the east. [1] Amber Mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Cambrian period and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. [6]

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Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Amber Mountain is located in a subarctic climate with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [7] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Amber Mountain drains into tributaries of the Athabasca River.

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