Crowfoot Mountain (Alberta)

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Crowfoot Mountain
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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″N116°26′00″W / 51.62500°N 116.43333°W / 51.62500; -116.43333 [1]
Geography
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Crowfoot Mountain
Location in Alberta
Crowfoot Mountain (Alberta)
Interactive map of Crowfoot Mountain
Location Alberta, Canada
Parent range Canadian Rockies
Topo map NTS 82N9 Hector Lake [2]
Climbing
First ascent 1950 by 1950 E. Cromwell and G. Engelhard [1]

Crowfoot Mountain is a mountain within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. The Crowfoot Glacier sits on the northeastern flank of the mountain.

Contents

The mountain was named in 1959 after the glacier. [1]

Geology

Like 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

Based 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.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Crowfoot Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
  2. ↑ "Crowfoot Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  5. ↑ Peel, M.C.; Finlayson, B.L. & McMahon, T.A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrology and Earth System Sciences . 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2025-11-07.

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