Mount Engadine

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Mount Engadine
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Mount Engadine
Highest point
Elevation 2,972 m (9,751 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 320 m (1,050 ft)
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 50°51′53″N115°18′39″W / 50.8647222°N 115.3108333°W / 50.8647222; -115.3108333 [3]
Geography
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Mount Engadine
Location in Alberta
Mount Engadine
Interactive map of Mount Engadine
Location Alberta, Canada
Parent range Kananaskis Range
Topo map NTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir [3]
Climbing
First ascent 1956 B. Fraser, J. Gorrill, M. Hicks
Easiest route A difficult scramble via west-northwest ridge. [4]

Mount Engadine is a 2,972-metre (9,751-foot) mountain summit located in the Spray River Valley of Kananaskis Country, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It was named in 1917 after HMS Engadine, a seaplane tender of the Royal Navy present at the Battle of Jutland during World War I. [5] The mountain is located in the Kananaskis Range in Alberta. [1] [6]

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Geology

The mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods and was later pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. [7]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Engadine is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [8] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. In terms of favorable weather, June through September are the best months to climb. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Smuts Creek and Buller Creek, which empty into Spray Lakes Reservoir.

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Mt. Engadine winter photo: Flickr