Mount Engadine
Mount Engadine
Highest point
Elevation2,972 m (9,751 ft)[1][2]
Prominence320 m (1,050 ft)
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates50°51′53″N 115°18′39″W / 50.8647222°N 115.3108333°W / 50.8647222; -115.3108333[3]
Geography
Mount Engadine is located in Alberta
Mount Engadine
Mount Engadine
Location in Alberta
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeKananaskis Range
Topo mapNTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir[3]
Climbing
First ascent1956 B. Fraser, J. Gorrill, M. Hicks
Easiest routeA difficult scramble via west-northwest ridge.[4]

Mount Engadine is a 2,972-metre (9,751-foot) mountain summit located in the Spray River Valley of Kananaskis Country, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It was named in 1917 after HMS Engadine, a seaplane tender of the Royal Navy present at the Battle of Jutland during World War I.[5] The mountain is located in the Kananaskis Range in Alberta.[1][6]

Mount Engadine reflected in Buller Pond

Geology

The mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods and was later pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[7]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Engadine is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[8] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. In terms of favorable weather, June through September are the best months to climb. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Smuts Creek and Buller Creek, which empty into Spray Lakes Reservoir.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Engadine". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  2. ↑ "Mount Engadine". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Engadine". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  4. ↑ Kane, Alan (1999). "Mount Engadine". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. pp. 96–97. ISBN 0-921102-67-4.
  5. ↑ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 48.
  6. ↑ "Mount Engadine". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  7. ↑ Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
  8. ↑ 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.

Mt. Engadine winter photo: Flickr


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