Princess Margaret Mountain

Princess Margaret Mountain is a mountain located in the Bow River valley of Banff National Park, 2.5 km (1.6 mi) west of Mount Charles Stewart.

Princess Margaret Mountain
Lake Minnewanka and Princess Margaret Mountain
Highest point
Elevation2,515 m (8,251 ft) [1]
Prominence38 m (125 ft) [2]
Parent peakMount Charles Stewart 2809 m[2]
ListingList of mountains of Alberta
Coordinates51°09′35″N 115°22′20″W 
Geography
Princess Margaret Mountain
Alberta, Canada
Parent rangeFairholme Range
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82O/03
Climbing
Easiest routerock climb
Princess Margaret Mountain to right, seen from Bow River

The mountain was named in 1958 after Princess Margaret (sister of Queen Elizabeth II), who had visited Banff and spent a night in a location near the mountain.[1]

Geology

The mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from 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, it is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Temperatures in winter can drop below −20 °C (−4 °F) with wind chill factors below −30 °C (−22 °F). Weather conditions during summer months are optimum for climbing.

See also

References
  1. "Mt. Princess Margaret". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  2. "Princess Margaret Mountain". 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". Missing or empty |url= (help)
  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. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.
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