Mount Fay

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Mount Fay
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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 in Alberta
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Mount Fay
Location in British Columbia
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Mount Fay
Location in Canada
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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 [5]
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. [5] 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. [11] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. [12]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Fay is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [13] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Fay". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  2. "Topographic map of Mount Fay". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Fay". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
  4. 1 2 "Mount Fay". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2013-05-18.
  5. 1 2 NTS map 82N08 Lake Louise
  6. Williams, Chris (2005). "'That Boundless Ocean Of Mountains': British Alpinists and the Appeal of the Canadian Rockies, 1885-1920" . International Journal of the History of Sport. 22 (1): 81. doi:10.1080/095233605200314601. S2CID   144126888 . Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  7. Gibson, E.R. (June 1938). "First Winter Ascent of Mt. Fay". Canadian Alpine Journal . XXV (1937). Alpine Club of Canada: 93. Archived from the original on 2021-09-20. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
  8. Blanchard, Barry (Summer 2011). "Sanctum". Alpinist. 2011 (35). Jeffersonville, VT, USA: Height of Land Publications: 68–73. ISSN   1540-725X.
  9. Levy, Michael (April 16, 2019). "Harrington, Lindič and Papert Complete First Integral Ascent of Mt. Fay's East Face". Rock and Ice. Archived from the original on 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  10. Lindič, Luka (2020). "Mt. Fay, East Face, The Sound of Silence". Climbs and expeditions. American Alpine Journal . 62 (94). American Alpine Club: 147. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  11. 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.
  12. Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
  13. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . ISSN   1027-5606.

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