Mount Gloria

Mount Gloria
Mount Gloria
Highest point
Elevation	2,908 m (9,541 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence	189 m (620 ft) [3]
Parent peak	Eon Mountain (3305 m) [3]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	50°50′45″N115°36′27″W / 50.84583°N 115.60750°W / 50.84583; -115.60750 [4]
Geography
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Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
Parent range	Park Ranges [3]
Topo map	NTS 82J13 Mount Assiniboine [4]
Climbing
First ascent	1929 E. Bigelow, F.X. Bigelow, H. Bigelow, H.B. Bigelow, C. Baldwin, S. Detty, G. Duffy, R. Hallowell, H.Howe, C. Saltonstall, R. Saltonstall, R. Walcott, C. Coyteaux. [5] [3]

Mount Gloria is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide in Canada. It was named in 1913 by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey after Lake Gloria which lies directly north of the mountain. ^{[2] [3] [1]}

Geology

The mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. ^[6] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. ^[7]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Gloria 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.

See also

• List of peaks on the British Columbia–Alberta border

References

1. "Topographic map of Mount Gloria". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
2. "Mount Gloria". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
3. "Mount Gloria". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
4. "Mount Gloria (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2019-08-27.
5. Thorington, J. Monroe (1966) [1921]. "White Man Pass to Simpson Pass". A Climber's Guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada. With the collaboration of Putnam, William Lowell (6th ed.). American Alpine Club. p. 43. ISBN   978-1376169003.
6. 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.
7. Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
8. Peel, M.C.; Finlayson, B.L. & McMahon, T.A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrology and Earth System Sciences . 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2025-11-07.

External links

• "Mount Gloria". BC Geographical Names .