Mount Cline
Mount Cline in June 2008
Highest point
Elevation3,361 m (11,027 ft)[1]
Prominence1,196 m (3,924 ft)[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates52°04′12″N 116°40′56″W / 52.07000°N 116.68222°W / 52.07000; -116.68222[3]
Geography
Mount Cline is located in Alberta
Mount Cline
Mount Cline
Location in Alberta
Mount Cline is located in Canada
Mount Cline
Mount Cline
Mount Cline (Canada)
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeCline Range[4]
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 83C2 Cline River[3]
Climbing
First ascent1927 by J. H. Barnes, A. L. Castle, A. L. Castle Jr., Jimmy Simpson, guided by Rudolph Aemmer[1]

Mount Cline is a mountain in western Alberta, Canada, 11 km (7 mi) north of Saskatchewan Crossing, 60 km (37 mi) southwest of Nordegg.[2]

The mountain is located in the North Saskatchewan River Valley, 2 km (1 mi) west of Resolute Mountain.[1] It was named in 1898 by J. Norman Collie, after Michel Klyne (also called Michael Cline), French Canadian postmaster of Jasper House from 1824 to 1835.[1]

Geology

Mount Cline is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[5] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[6]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Cline is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Cline". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  2. 1 2 "Mount Cline". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Cline". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  4. ↑ "Cline Range". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  7. ↑ 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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