Mount Babel (Alberta)

Mount Babel is a mountain peak of the Bow Range in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The mountain can be seen from the Valley of the Ten Peaks.

Mount Babel
Highest point
Elevation3,101 m (10,174 ft) [1]
Prominence200 m (660 ft) [2]
Coordinates51°18′23″N 116°09′48″W [3]
Geography
Mount Babel
Location in Alberta
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeBow Range
Topo mapNTS 82N/08 Lake Louise[3]
Climbing
First ascent1910
Easiest routeEast Face IV 5.10[1]

Mount Babel was first climbed by A Hart, Edward Oliver Wheeler, L. Wilson and H. Worsfold in 1910.[1][2]

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Babel 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 Babel 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.

Tower of Babel
Tower of Babel

The Tower of Babel is a conspicuous quartzite monolith at the northern end of the mountain, and is apparent to park visitors at Moraine Lake. It was named in 1899 by Walter D. Wilcox because its profile reminded him of the biblical Tower of Babel.[7] The first ascent of the tower was made in 1959 by G. Boles, B. Greenwood, and A. Washington.[7] Mount Babel acquired its name from its outlier tower that rises 500 metres (1,640 ft) above Moraine Lake.[1]

See also

Further reading

References
  1. "Mount Babel". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  2. "Mount Babel". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2006-09-25.
  3. "Mount Babel". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  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". Missing or empty |url= (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.
  7. "Tower of Babel". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  • Mount Babel centered
  • Bident, Quadra, and Babel
  • Babel (left) seen from road to Moraine Lake
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