Cockscomb Mountain (Alberta)

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Cockscomb Mountain
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Cockscomb Mountain (left) and The Finger (right)
Highest point
Elevation 2,776 m (9,108 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 220 m (720 ft) [3]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 51°14′12″N115°43′30″W / 51.23667°N 115.72500°W / 51.23667; -115.72500 [4]
Geography
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Cockscomb Mountain
Location in Alberta
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Cockscomb Mountain
Location in Canada
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Protected area Banff National Park [5]
Parent range
Topo map NTS 82O4 Banff [4]
Climbing
Easiest route Easy Scramble [2]

Cockscomb Mountain was named in 1921 because the outline of the summit was said to resemble a roosters comb. It is located in the Sawback Range in Alberta, Canada. [1] [3] The mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. [6] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. [7]

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Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Cockscomb Mountain is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [8] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Bow River.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Cockscomb Mountain". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  2. 1 2 Kane, Alan (2016). "Cockscomb Mountain". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies (Kindle) (3rd ed.). Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. ISBN   978-1-77160-098-9.
  3. 1 2 "Cockscomb Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  4. 1 2 "Cockscomb Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2025-03-16.
  5. 1 2 NTS map sheet 82O04
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
  8. ↑ 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.
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