Mount Fifi

Mount Fifi
Mount Fifi
	Mount Fifi seen from Johnson Lake
Highest point
Elevation	2,621 m (8,599 ft)
Prominence	106 m (348 ft)
Listing	Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates	51°13′19″N115°41′26″W / 51.2219444°N 115.6905556°W
Geography
	Mount Fifi Location in Alberta Mount Fifi Location in Canada
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Parent range	Sawback Range ; Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 82O4 Banff
Climbing
First ascent	1921 L.S. Crosby, J.W.A. Hickson, Edward Feuz Jr.

Last updated December 04, 2024

Mount Fifi is located in the Sawback Range of Banff National Park, Alberta. It was named in 1886 after Edith Orde's dog Fifi. Mount Louis, Mount Edith, and Mount Fifi were named on the trip.^[1]^[3]

Geology

Mount Fifi is composed of limestone, a sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.^[4] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.^[5]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Fifi is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.^[6] Temperatures can drop below -20 C with wind chill factors below -30 C. Weather conditions during summer months are optimum for climbing.

Gallery

Mount Louis (left) and Mount Fifi (right)

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References

1 2 3 "Mount Fifi". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
1 2 "Mount Fifi". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2024-10-25.
1 2 "Mount Fifi". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
↑ 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.
↑ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
↑ 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.

Footnotes

↑ Bivouac and cdnrockiesdatabases differ as to summit elevation by 16 m. Thus, 16 was subtracted from the prominence of 122 given by Bivouac.

External links

National Park Service web site: Banff National Park

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[crdb-1] 1 2 3 "Mount Fifi". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-28.

[cgndb-3] 1 2 "Mount Fifi". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2024-10-25.

[bivouac-4] 1 2 "Mount Fifi". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-08-28.

[Belyea1960-5] 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.

[gadd-6] Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.

[Peel-7] 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.

[promref-2] Bivouac and cdnrockiesdatabases differ as to summit elevation by 16 m. Thus, 16 was subtracted from the prominence of 122 given by Bivouac.

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