Mount Allen (Canada)

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Not to be confused with Mount Allan (Canada).
Mount Allen
Shappee
Mount Allen at Valley of Ten Peaks.jpg
Highest point
Elevation3,310 m (10,860 ft)[1][2]
Prominence260 m (850 ft)[3][notes 1]
Coordinates51°17′33″N 116°13′12″W / 51.29250°N 116.22000°W / 51.29250; -116.22000Coordinates: 51°17′33″N 116°13′12″W / 51.29250°N 116.22000°W / 51.29250; -116.22000[4]
Geography
Mount Allen is located in Alberta
Mount Allen
Mount Allen
Location in Alberta
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
ParksBanff and Yoho
Parent rangeCanadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82N8 Lake Louise[4]
Climbing
First ascent1904 Gertrude Benham, Christian Kaufmann[1][3]

Mount Allen is a mountain in the Canadian Rockies, located on the Continental Divide, which forms the provincial boundary between British Columbia and Alberta in this region. named this mountain for in 1924.[3] Allen was an American cartographer who mapped this area of the Rockies in 1894-95.[5][6][7] Allen had named this mountain "Shappee", the Stoney First Nations word for number 6 in reference to Allen's naming of the ten mountains in the Valley of the Ten Peaks.[7] The peak forms part of the backdrop to Moraine Lake in Banff National Park.

Geology[]

The mountains in Banff Park are composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[8] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[9]

Climate[]

Based on the Köppen climate classification, the mountain has a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[10] Temperatures can drop below -20 C with wind chill factors below -30 C in the winter.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Mount Allen". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
  2. ^ Lake Louise & Yoho (Map). 1:50,000. Cochrane, AB: Gem Trek Publishing. 2001. § D4. ISBN 1-895526-15-9. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
  3. ^ a b c "Mount Allen". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
  4. ^ a b "Mount Allen". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
  5. ^ Boles, Glen W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names. Vancouver: Rocky Mountain Books. ISBN 978-1-894765-79-4.
  6. ^ "Samuel Evans Stokes Allen, 1874-1945". American Alpine Club. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  7. ^ a b Sanford, Emerson; Beck, Janice Sanford (2010). Historic Hikes Around Mount Assiniboine & in Kananaskis Country. Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. p. 125. ISBN 9781897522806. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  10. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.
Notes
  1. ^ Prominence based on summit elevation of 3280 m.

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Gallery[]

  • Allen from Larch Valley

  • Moraine Lake with Mount Allen centered

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