Mount Louis

Mount Louis
Highest point
Elevation	2,682 m (8,799 ft) [1]
Prominence	336 m (1,102 ft) [2]
Parent peak	Mount Cory (2802 m) [2]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates	51°12′54″N115°40′45″W / 51.21500°N 115.67917°W / 51.21500; -115.67917 [3]
Geography
Mount Louis Location in Alberta
Interactive map of Mount Louis
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Protected area	Banff National Park
Parent range	Sawback Range [3] [4]
Topo map	NTS 82O4 Banff [3]
Geology
Rock age	Devonian
Mountain type	Limestone [2]
Climbing
First ascent	1916 by Conrad Kain and Albert H. McCarthy [1] [5]
Easiest route	rock climb (YDS 5.6) [2]

Mount Louis is a 2,682-metre (8,799-foot) mountain summit located in southeast Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is part of the Sawback Range which is a subset of the Canadian Rockies.

The mountain was named in 1886 after Louis B. Stewart who surveyed in the Banff Park area in 1904 with his father, George Stewart, the first Park Superintendent. ^{[1] [2]}

Geology

Mount Louis is composed of limestone, a sedimentary rock laid down during the Devonian period. ^[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 Louis is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. ^[8] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Weather conditions during summer months are optimum for climbing. Precipitation runoff from Mount Louis drains into the Bow River which is a tributary of the Saskatchewan River.

Gallery

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  Mt. Louis
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  Mount Louis seen from Cory Pass
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  Mount Louis seen from Johnson Lake
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  Telephoto of Mount Louis as seen from Sulphur Mountain

See also

• List of mountains of Canada
• Geology of Alberta

References

1. "Mount Louis". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
2. "Mount Louis". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
3. "Mount Louis". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2025-11-20.
4. NTS Topographic map 82N/04
5. Thorington, J. Monroe (1966) [1921]. "Peaks in the Environs of Banff". A Climber's Guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada. With the collaboration of Putnam, William Lowell (6th ed.). American Alpine Club. p. 75. 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

• National Park Service web site: Banff National Park