Mount Temple (Alberta)

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Mount Temple
Mount Temple.jpg
North face of Mt. Temple from Mt. Fairview
Highest point
Elevation 3,544 m (11,627 ft) [1]
Prominence 1,544 m (5,066 ft) [1]
Listing
Coordinates 51°21′02″N116°12′24″W / 51.35056°N 116.20667°W / 51.35056; -116.20667 [2]
Geography
Canada Alberta relief location map - transverse mercator proj.svg
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Mount Temple
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Parent range Bow Range
Topo map NTS 82N8 Lake Louise [2]
Geology
Age of rock 550 million years [3]
Mountain type Quartzite and limestone [3]
Climbing
First ascent 1894 by Walter Wilcox, Samuel Allen and L.F. Frissel [3]
Easiest route Scramble (SW) [4]
Mount Temple in winter Mount Temple in winter.jpg
Mount Temple in winter

Mount Temple is a mountain in Banff National Park of the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.

Contents

Mt. Temple is located in the Bow River Valley between Paradise Creek and Moraine Creek and is the highest peak in the Lake Louise area. The peak dominates the western landscape along the Trans-Canada Highway from Castle Junction to Lake Louise.

History

The mountain was named by George Mercer Dawson in 1884 after Sir Richard Temple who visited the Canadian Rockies that same year. Mt. Temple was the first 11,000-foot (3,400 m) peak to be climbed in the Canadian segment of the Rocky Mountains. [3]

Climbing

Accidents
Routes

The mountain offers several routes for climbers and the normal route on the southwest side offers a moderate class scrambling route. [4] See Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies for a description of that route.

Current route conditions can be obtained from a climbing warden at the park information centre in Lake Louise. A climber's log outside the centre may also provide comments from other climbers.

First Ascent
First Winter Ascent

See also

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