Storm Mountain (Misty Range)

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Storm Mountain
Storm Mountain from Kananaskis Trail.jpeg
Storm Mountain from Kananaskis Trail
Highest point
Elevation 3,095 m (10,154 ft) [1] [2] [3]
Prominence 291 m (955 ft) [2]
Parent peak Mist Mountain (3139 m) [2]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 50°35′13″N114°56′23″W / 50.58694°N 114.93972°W / 50.58694; -114.93972 [4]
Geography
Storm Mountain (Misty Range)
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Parent range Misty Range [5]
Topo map NTS 82J10 Mount Rae
Climbing
Easiest route Difficult Scramble [6]

Storm Mountain is a mountain in Alberta's Rockies, Canada.

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It is located alongside Highway 40, southwest of the Highwood Pass parking lot in Kananaskis Country, and is part of the Misty Range of the Canadian Rockies. It is identifiable as the tall peak between Mount Arethusa and Mist Mountain at the far south end of the Misty Range.

It was named by George Mercer Dawson in 1884, for the storm clouds he saw on the summit. [1] [6]

The "other" Storm Mountain

Dawson also named another peak Storm Mountain, 100 km away on the continental divide that separates Alberta and British Columbia, and Banff National Park and Kootenay National Park, to the northwest. It is unusual for two peaks of such close proximity to share the same name, especially when named by the same individual.

References

  1. 1 2 "Storm Mountain". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
  2. 1 2 3 "Storm Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  3. ↑ "Topographic map of Storm Mountain". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  4. ↑ "Storm Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  5. ↑ NTS map sheet 82J10 Mount Rae
  6. 1 2 Kane, Alan (2016). "Storm Mountain (Highwood)". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies (3rd ed.). Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. Kindle Edition. ISBN   978-1-77160-098-9.
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