Mount Fay

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Mount Fay
Mount Fay Banff 2009.jpeg
Mount Fay seen from Moraine Lake
Highest point
Elevation 3,235 m (10,614 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 389 m (1,276 ft) [3]
Parent peak Mount Allen 3280 m [3]
Listing
Coordinates 51°17′58″N116°09′43″W / 51.29944°N 116.16194°W / 51.29944; -116.16194 [4]
Geography
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Mount Fay
Location on Alberta and British Columbia border
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Mount Fay (British Columbia)
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Interactive map of Mount Fay
Country Canada
Provinces Alberta and British Columbia
Protected area Banff National Park
Parent range Bow Range
Topo map NTS 82N8 Lake Louise [4]
Climbing
First ascent 1904 Gertrude Benham, Christian Kaufmann [1]
Easiest route South-West Face

Mount Fay is a mountain located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide in the Canadian Rockies. The mountain forms part of the backdrop to Moraine Lake in the Valley of the Ten Peaks of Banff National Park. It was named in 1902 by Charles E. Fay, an early explorer of the Canadian Rockies. He was a member of the party who attempted Mount Lefroy in 1896 when the first mountaineer to be killed in the Canadian Rockies occurred. [1]

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Notable ascents

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Fay is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. [9] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. [10]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Fay is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [11] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

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