Redoubt Mountain

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Redoubt Mountain
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Redoubt Mountain, August 1994.
Viewpoint from Hidden Lake.
Highest point
Elevation 2,902 m (9,521 ft) [1] [2] [3]
Prominence 570 m (1,870 ft) [1]
Parent peak Mount Richardson (3086 m) [1]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 51°28′02″N116°04′52″W / 51.46722°N 116.08111°W / 51.46722; -116.08111 [4]
Geography
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Redoubt Mountain
Location in Alberta
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Redoubt Mountain
Location in Canada
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Protected area Banff National Park
Parent range Slate Range [5] [3]
Topo map NTS 82N8 Lake Louise [4]
Geology
Rock age Cambrian
Rock type Sedimentary
Climbing
First ascent 1906 [1] [2]
Easiest route moderate/difficult scramble

Redoubt Mountain (alternatively Mount Redoubt) is a mountain located in Banff National Park, [5] in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It forms the southern buttress of Boulder Pass.

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The mountain was named in 1908 by Arthur O. Wheeler, founding member of the Alpine Club of Canada (AAC), as it resembled a redoubt (an outer military defense). [2]

The mountain can be climbed on a moderate to difficult scrambling route on the northwestern ridge. [6]

Like other mountains in Banff Park, it is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. [7] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. [8]

Based on the Köppen climate classification, the mountain is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [9] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Redoubt Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  2. 1 2 3 "Redoubt Mountain". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  3. 1 2 Lake Louise & Yoho (Map). 1:50,000. Cochrane, AB: Gem Trek Publishing. 2001. § B5. ISBN   1-895526-15-9 . Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  4. 1 2 "Redoubt Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2019-10-09.
  5. 1 2 NTS map sheet 82N08
  6. ↑ Kane, Alan (1999). "Mount Redoubt". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies . Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. p. 255. ISBN   0-921102-67-4.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
  9. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . ISSN   1027-5606.
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