Mount Chester

Mount Chester
Highest point
Elevation	3,054 m (10,020 ft)[1]
Prominence	341 m (1,119 ft)[2]
Coordinates	50°48′26″N 115°15′48″W[3]
Geography
Mount Chester Location in SW Alberta
Location	Alberta, Canada
Parent range	Kananaskis Range
Topo map	NTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir
Climbing
Easiest route	Scramble on southwest face

Mount Chester is a mountain located in the Smith-Dorrien Creek Valley of Kananaskis in the Canadian Rockies. The mountain was named in 1917 after HMS Chester, which was severely damaged in the Battle of Jutland.[1][4]

Chester Lake is located in a small valley just northwest of the base of the mountain.

Geology

Mount Chester is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[5] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[6]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Chester is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. In terms of favorable weather, July through September are the best months to climb.

References

1. "Mount Chester". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
2. "Mount Chester". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
3. "Mount Chester". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
4. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 32.
5. 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.
6. Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
7. 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

• Chester on Fresh-Oxygen - route beta, photos