Mount Engadine

Mount Engadine
Mount Engadine
Highest point
Elevation	2,972 m (9,751 ft)[1][2]
Prominence	320 m (1,050 ft)
Listing	Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates	50°51′53″N 115°18′39″W[3]
Geography
Mount Engadine Location in Alberta
Interactive map of Mount Engadine
Location	Alberta, Canada
Parent range	Kananaskis Range
Topo map	NTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir[3]
Climbing
First ascent	1956 B. Fraser, J. Gorrill, M. Hicks
Easiest route	A difficult scramble via west-northwest ridge.[4]

Mount Engadine is a 2,972-metre (9,751-foot) mountain summit located in the Spray River Valley of Kananaskis Country, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It was named in 1917 after HMS Engadine, a seaplane tender of the Royal Navy present at the Battle of Jutland during World War I.[5] The mountain is located in the Kananaskis Range in Alberta.[1][6]

Geology

The mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods and was later pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[7]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Engadine 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. In terms of favorable weather, June through September are the best months to climb. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Smuts Creek and Buller Creek, which empty into Spray Lakes Reservoir.

Gallery

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  Mount Engadine reflected in Buller Pond

See also

• Geology of the Rocky Mountains
• Geography of Alberta

References

1. "Mount Engadine". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
2. "Mount Engadine". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
3. "Mount Engadine". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
4. Kane, Alan (1999). "Mount Engadine". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. pp. 96–97. ISBN 0-921102-67-4.
5. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 48.
6. "Mount Engadine". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
7. Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
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.

External links

Mt. Engadine winter photo: Flickr