Curator Mountain

Curator Mountain is a 2,624 metres (8,609 feet) mountain summit located in the Maligne Range of Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Curator Mountain was so named on account of its central location, as if it were the "custodian" of Shovel Pass.[3] The mountain was named in 1916 by Morrison P. Bridgland (1878-1948), a Dominion Land Surveyor who named many peaks in Jasper Park and the Canadian Rockies.[1] [4] The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1947 when approved by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[2] Its nearest higher peak is Trowel Peak, 7.7 km (4.8 mi) to the southeast.[1] Curator Mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Cambrian period and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[5]

Curator Mountain
Curator Mountain
Highest point
Elevation2,624 m (8,609 ft) [1]
Prominence284 m (932 ft) [1]
Parent peakTrowel Peak (2640  m)[1]
Coordinates52°46′37″N 117°50′52″W [2]
Geography
Curator Mountain
Location of Curator Mountain in Alberta
Curator Mountain
Curator Mountain (Canada)
LocationJasper National Park
Alberta
Parent rangeMaligne Range
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 83C/13
Geology
Age of rockCambrian
Type of rockSedimentary rock
Climbing
Easiest routeScrambling

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Curator Mountain is located in a subarctic climate with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Curator Mountain drains into tributaries of the Athabasca River.

See also

References
  1. "Curator Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  2. "Curator Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  3. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 40.
  4. Mapper of Mountains M.P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies 1902-1930, Author I.S. MacLaren, The University of Alberta Press, ISBN 0-88864-456-6
  5. Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias". 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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