Mount Coleman (Alberta)

Mount Coleman
Mount Coleman (centered in distance) seen from Icefields Parkway
Highest point
Elevation	3,135 m (10,285 ft)[1]
Prominence	775 m (2,543 ft)[1]
Parent peak	Cirrus Mountain (3270 m)[1]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates	52°07′08″N 116°55′17″W[2]
Geography
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Location	Alberta, Canada
Parent range	Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 83C2 Cline River[1]

Mount Coleman is a 3,135-metre (10,285 ft) mountain summit located in the upper North Saskatchewan River valley in Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.[2] Its nearest higher peak is Cirrus Mountain, 4.46 km (2.77 mi) to the north.[3] Mount Coleman is situated along the east side the Icefields Parkway midway between Saskatchewan Crossing and Sunwapta Pass.

History

Mount Coleman was named in 1898 after Arthur P. Coleman (1852-1939), a Canadian geologist and among the first white men to explore the area that is now Jasper National Park.[4]

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Coleman is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from 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 Coleman 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. Precipitation runoff from Mount Coleman drains into tributaries of the North Saskatchewan River.

Gallery

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  Mount Coleman (left) from Icefields Parkway

See also

• Geography of Alberta

References

1. "Mount Coleman". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
2. "Mount Coleman". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Mount Coleman, Alberta". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 36.
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 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.

External links

• Parks Canada web site: Banff National Park

Further reading

• Chic Scott, Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering, P 70