Lipalian Mountain
Highest point
Elevation2,682 m (8,799 ft)[1]
Prominence152 m (499 ft)[2]
Parent peakRedoubt Mountain (2902 m)[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates51°25′37″N 116°05′50″W / 51.42694°N 116.09722°W / 51.42694; -116.09722[3]
Geography
Lipalian Mountain is located in Alberta
Lipalian Mountain
Lipalian Mountain
Location of Lipalian Mountain in Alberta
Lipalian Mountain is located in Canada
Lipalian Mountain
Lipalian Mountain
Lipalian Mountain (Canada)
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeSlate Range
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82N8 Lake Louise[3]

Lipalian Mountain is a 2,682-metre (8,799-foot) mountain summit located in Banff National Park, in the Slate Range of the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It was named by William C. Gussow in 1958.[1][2] Lipalian was a geological era proposed by American paleontologist Charles Walcott for a time where there is no record of fossils during a period of the Cambrian explosion. The theory was later refuted.

Geology

The mountains in Banff Park are 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, the mountain experiences a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] The Lake Louise Ski Resort is located to the immediate northwest of the peak. Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C in the winter.

See also

Lipalian Mountain from Lake Louise

References

  1. 1 2 "Lipalian Mountain". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  2. 1 2 3 "Lipalian Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  3. 1 2 "Lipalian Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  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". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  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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