Mount Louis

Mount Louis is a 2,682-metre (8,799-foot) mountain summit located in southeast Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is part of the Sawback Range which is a subset of the Canadian Rockies.

Mount Louis
Highest point
Elevation2,682 m (8,799 ft)[1]
Prominence336 m (1,102 ft)[2]
Parent peakMount Cory (2802 m)[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates51°12′54″N 115°40′48″W[2]
Geography
Mount Louis
Location in Alberta
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeSawback Range
Topo mapNTS 82O/04
Geology
Age of rockDevonian
Mountain typeLimestone[2]
Climbing
First ascent1916 by Conrad Kain and Albert H. McCarthy[1][3]
Easiest routerock climb (YDS 5.6)[2]

The mountain was named in 1886 after Louis B. Stewart who surveyed in the Banff Park area in 1904 with his father, George Stewart, the first Park Superintendent.[1][2]

Geology

Mount Louis is composed of limestone, a sedimentary rock laid down during the Devonian period.[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 Louis is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Weather conditions during summer months are optimum for climbing. Precipitation runoff from Mount Louis drains into the Bow River which is a tributary of the Saskatchewan River.

See also

References

  1. "Mount Louis". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
  2. "Mount Louis". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
  3. Thorington, J. Monroe (1966) [1921]. "Peaks in the Environs of Banff". A Climber's Guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada. With the collaboration of Putnam, William Lowell (6th ed.). American Alpine Club. p. 75. ISBN 978-1376169003.
  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.
  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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