Mount Smythe (Alberta)

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Mount Smythe
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Mount Smythe
Location in Alberta
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Mount Smythe
Location in Canada
Highest point
Elevation 3,246 m (10,650 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 420 m (1,380 ft) [3]
Parent peak Diadem Peak (3371 m) [3]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 52°21′22″N117°28′51″W / 52.35611°N 117.48083°W / 52.35611; -117.48083 [3]
Geography
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Protected area Jasper National Park
Parent range Winston Churchill Range
Topo map NTS 83C6 Sunwapta Peak [3]
Climbing
First ascent 1951 by Gil Roberts, Chuck Wilts, Ellen Wilts [1] [3]
Easiest route Rock/snow climb

Mount Smythe is a mountain in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.

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It is located in the Winston Churchill Range, 2 km (1.2 mi) southwest of Gong Peak and 1 km (0.62 mi) north of Mount Nelson. It reaches a summit elevation of 3,246 m (10,650 ft).

The mountain was named after Francis Sydney Smythe, an international mountaineer who climbed in the Himalayas, Alps and the Canadian Rockies. [1]

Geology

Mount Smythe is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during 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 Smythe 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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Smythe". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  2. ↑ "Topographic map of Mount Smythe". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mount Smythe". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  4. ↑ 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.
  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.
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