Mount Chester

Mount Chester
Mount Chester
Highest point
Elevation	3,054 m (10,020 ft) [1]
Prominence	341 m (1,119 ft) [2]
Coordinates	50°48′26″N 115°15′48″W [3]
Geography
	Mount Chester Location in SW Alberta
Location	Alberta, Canada
Parent range	Kananaskis Range
Topo map	NTS 82J/14
Climbing
Easiest route	Scramble on southwest face

Mount Chester is a mountain located in the Smith-Dorrien Creek Valley of Kananaskis in the Canadian Rockies. The mountain was named in 1917 after HMS Chester, which was severely damaged in the Battle of Jutland.[1][4]

Chester Lake is located in a small valley just northwest of the base of the mountain.

Geology

Mount Chester is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[5] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[6]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Chester is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. In terms of favorable weather, July through September are the best months to climb.

References

"Mount Chester". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
"Mount Chester". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
"Mount Chester". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 32.
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.
Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias". Missing or empty |url= (help)
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.

External links

Chester on Fresh-Oxygen - route beta, photos

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[pf-1] "Mount Chester". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-09-13.

[bivouac-2] "Mount Chester". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2008-12-31.

[cgndb-3] "Mount Chester". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-07-12.

[4] Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 32.

[5] 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.

[gadd-6] Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias". Missing or empty |url= (help)

[Peel-7] 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.