Mount Inglismaldie

Mount Inglismaldie
Mount Inglismaldie
	Mount Inglismaldie in winter
Highest point
Elevation	2,964 m (9,724 ft) [1]
Prominence	160 m (520 ft) [2]
Coordinates	51°14′30″N 115°25′15″W [1]
Geography
	Mount Inglismaldie Location in Alberta Mount Inglismaldie Mount Inglismaldie (Canada)
Location	Alberta, Canada
Parent range	Fairholme Range; Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 82O/03
Geology
Age of rock	Cambrian
Type of rock	sedimentary rock
Climbing
First ascent	1933[1]
Easiest route	Scramble

Mount Inglismaldie is the second highest peak of the Fairholme Range in Banff National Park. It is located immediately west of Mount Girouard in the Bow River valley south of Lake Minnewanka.

Mount Inglismaldie (left) and Mount Girouard (right)

The mountain was named in 1886 by park superintendent George A. Stewart after Inglismaldie Castle in Kincardineshire, Scotland.[1]

The first ascent of the mountain was made in 1933 by H. Foster, J. Packer, M.C. Wylie, Betts, Dickson, W. Innes, L. DeCouteur, J. Miskow, Sadler, and Vallance with guide Lawrence Grassi.[1]

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff National Park, Mount Inglismaldie is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[3] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[4]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Inglismaldie 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 Mount Inglismaldie drains into Lake Minnewanka and the Bow River.

References

"Mount Inglismaldie". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
"Mount Inglismaldie". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2006-09-27.
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" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
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

National Park Service web site: Banff National Park
Mount Inglismaldie weather: Mountain Forecast

Lake Minnewanka with Mount Inglismaldie (right) and Mount Girouard (left)

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

[bivouac-2] "Mount Inglismaldie". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2006-09-27.

[3] 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-4] Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2010-01-01.

[Peel-5] 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.