Mount Smythe

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Mount Smythe
Mount Smythe is located in Alberta
Mount Smythe
Mount Smythe
Location in Alberta
Highest point
Elevation3,246 m (10,650 ft)[1][2]
Prominence420 m (1,380 ft)[3]
Parent peakDiadem Peak (3371 m)[3]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates52°21′22″N 117°28′51″W / 52.35611°N 117.48083°W / 52.35611; -117.48083[3]
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Protected areaJasper National Park
Parent rangeWinston Churchill Range
Topo mapNTS 83C06 Sunwapta Peak[3]
Climbing
First ascent1951 by Gil Roberts, Chuck Wilts, Ellen Wilts[1][3]
Easiest routerock/snow climb

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

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. ^ a b c "Mount Smythe". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  2. ^ "Topographic map of Mount Smythe". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-11-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b c d e "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". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.

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