Mount Lambe

Mount Lambe
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Highest point
Elevation	3,182 m (10,440 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence	263 m (863 ft) [3]
Parent peak	Solitaire Mountain (3300 m) [3]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	51°44′14″N116°49′16″W / 51.73722°N 116.82111°W / 51.73722; -116.82111 [4]
Geography
Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
Protected area	Banff National Park
Parent range	Park Ranges
Topo map	NTS 82N10 Blaeberry River [4]
Climbing
First ascent	1918 Interprovincial Boundary Commission

Mount Lambe is a 3,182-metre (10,440-foot) mountain summit located in the Canadian Rockies on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1918 after Lawrence Morris Lambe, a Canadian geologist, palaeontologist, and ecologist from the Geological Survey of Canada. ^[3]

Geology

Mount Lambe is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Cambrian periods and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. ^[5]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Lambe 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.

See also

• List of mountains in the Canadian Rockies
• List of peaks on the British Columbia–Alberta border

References

1. "Mount Lambe". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
2. "Topographic map of Mount Lambe". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
3. "Mount Lambe". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
4. "Mount Lambe (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2021-09-30.
5. Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
6. 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

• Photo of Mt. Lambe Summitsearch.org
• "Mount Lambe". BC Geographical Names .