Mount Buller (Alberta)

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Mount Buller
Buller Mountain
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Mt. Buller seen from Buller Pond
Highest point
Elevation 2,805 m (9,203 ft) [1] [2]
Parent peak Mount Bogart (3144 m) [3]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 50°53′33″N115°18′52″W / 50.89250°N 115.31444°W / 50.89250; -115.31444 [4]
Geography
Canada Alberta relief location map - transverse mercator proj.svg
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Mount Buller
Location in Alberta
Location Alberta, Canada
Parent range Kananaskis Range
Topo map NTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir [4]
Climbing
First ascent 1956 by B. Fraser, M. Hicks, J. Gorril [1]
Easiest route Moderate scramble if upper slabs are snow free [5]

Mount Buller was named in 1922 after Lieutenant Colonel H.C. Buller DSO, a casualty of World War I. [6] It is located in the Kananaskis Range in Alberta. [1] [4]

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Geology

Buller is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. [7] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. [8]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Buller is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [9] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C (−4 °F) with wind chill factors below −30 °C (−22 °F). Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains west into Spray Lakes Reservoir.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Buller Mountain". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  2. ↑ Canmore and Kananaskis Village (Map). 1:50,000. Gem Trek Publishing. 1998. § D2. ISBN   1-895526-22-1 . Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  3. ↑ "Mount Buller". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  4. 1 2 3 "Mount Buller". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  5. ↑ Kane, Alan (1999). "Mount Buller". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies . Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. pp. 94–95. ISBN   0-921102-67-4.
  6. ↑ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 26.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  9. ↑ 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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