Mount Engelhard
Mountain in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
Mount Engelhard
Location of Mount Engelhard in Alberta
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Mount Engelhard
Mount Engelhard (Canada)
Show map of CanadaMount Engelhard is a 3,270-metre (10,730-foot) mountain summit located between the Athabasca River valley and Sunwapta River valley of Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Engelhard lies one kilometre northwest of Mount Cromwell, and three km NNE of the east summit of Stutfield Peak.[3] The mountain was named in 1966 after Georgia Engelhard, an American who climbed for 15 years in the Canadian Rockies.[1]
The first ascent was made in 1930 by W. Hainsworth, J.F. Lehmann, M.M. Strumia, and N.D. Waffl.[1]
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Engelhard is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Athabasca River.
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Mount Engelhard". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2004-06-05.
- ^ a b c "Mount Engelhard". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
- ^ a b "Topographic map of Mount Engelhard". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
- ^ a b "Mount Engelhard". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
- ^ 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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