Mount Smythe

Mount Smythe is a mountain in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.

Mount Smythe
Mount Smythe
Location in Alberta
Mount Smythe
Mount Smythe (Canada)
Highest point
Elevation3,260 m (10,700 ft) [1]
Prominence420 m (1,380 ft) [2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates52°21′20″N 117°28′30″W 
Geography
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeWinston Churchill Range
Topo mapNTS 83C/06
Climbing
First ascent1951 by Gil Roberts, Chuck Wilts, Ellen Wilts[1]
Easiest routerock/snow climb

It is located in the Winston Churchill Range, 2 km (1.2 mi) southwest of Gong Peak and 1 km (0.62 mi) north of Mount Nelson. It reaches a height of 3,260 m (10,700 ft).

The mountain was named after Francis Sydney Smythe, an international mountaineer who climbed in the Himalaya, Alps and the Canadian Rockies.[1]

Geology

Mount Smythe 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 Smythe 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.

See also

References
  1. "Mount Smythe". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  2. "Mount Smythe". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  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.
  4. Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  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.
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