Mount Smythe
Mount Smythe is located in Alberta
Mount Smythe
Mount Smythe
Location in Alberta
Mount Smythe is located in Canada
Mount Smythe
Mount Smythe
Mount Smythe (Canada)
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 83C6 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. 1 2 3 "Mount Smythe". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  2. ↑ "Topographic map of Mount Smythe". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "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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