Redoubt Mountain

Redoubt Mountain (alternatively Mount Redoubt) is a mountain located in Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It forms the southern buttress of Boulder Pass.

For other uses, see Mount Redoubt (disambiguation).
Redoubt Mountain
Redoubt Mountain, August 1994.
Viewpoint from Hidden Lake.
Highest point
Elevation2,902 m (9,521 ft) [1][2]
Prominence570 m (1,870 ft) [3]
Parent peakMount Richardson (3086 m)[3]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates51°28′02″N 116°04′52″W [4]
Geography
Redoubt Mountain
Redoubt Mountain
Redoubt Mountain (Canada)
Parent rangeSlate Range
Topo mapNTS 82N/08[4]
Geology
Age of rockCambrian
Type of rockSedimentary
Climbing
First ascent1906[3]
Easiest routemoderate/difficult scramble

The mountain was named in 1908 by Arthur O. Wheeler, founding member of the Alpine Club of Canada (AAC), as it resembled a redoubt (an outer military defense).[1]

The mountain can be climbed on a moderate to difficult scrambling route on the northwestern ridge.[5]

Like other mountains in Banff Park, it is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[6] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[7]

Based on the Köppen climate classification, the mountain is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[8] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.

See also

References
  1. "Redoubt Mountain". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  2. Lake Louise & Yoho (Map). 1:50,000. Cochrane, AB: Gem Trek Publishing. 2001. § B5. ISBN 1-895526-15-9. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  3. "Redoubt Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  4. "Mount Richardson". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
  5. Kane, Alan (1999). "Mount Redoubt". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. p. 255. ISBN 0-921102-67-4.
  6. 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.
  7. Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias". Missing or empty |url= (help)
  8. 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.
Redoubt Mountain from Skoki valley area


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