Mount Engelhard

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Mount Engelhard
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NE face of Mt. Engelhard
Highest point
Elevation 3,270 m (10,730 ft) [1] [2] [3]
Prominence 210 m (690 ft) [2]
Parent peak Mount Cromwell (3330 m) [2]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 52°16′31″N117°24′25″W / 52.2752778°N 117.4069444°W / 52.2752778; -117.4069444 [4]
Geography
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Mount Engelhard
Location in Alberta
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Mount Engelhard
Location in Canada
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Protected area Jasper National Park
Parent range Winston Churchill Range [4] [2]
Topo map NTS 83C6 Sunwapta Peak [4]
Climbing
First ascent 1930
Easiest route rock/snow climb

Mount Engelhard is a 3,270-metre (10,730-foot) mountain summit located between the Athabasca River valley and Sunwapta River valley of Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Engelhard lies one kilometre northwest of Mount Cromwell, and three km NNE of the east summit of Stutfield Peak. [3] The mountain was named in 1966 after Georgia Engelhard, an American who climbed for 15 years in the Canadian Rockies. [1]

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The first ascent was made in 1930 by W. Hainsworth, J.F. Lehmann, M.M. Strumia, and N.D. Waffl. [1] [2]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Engelhard is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [5] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C (−4 °F) with wind chill factors below −30 °C (−22 °F). Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Athabasca River.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Engelhard". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2004-06-05.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mount Engelhard". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  3. 1 2 "Topographic map of Mount Engelhard". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  4. 1 2 3 "Mount Engelhard". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  5. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN   1027-5606.
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