Mount Habel

Mount Habel
Mount Habel seen from Peyto Lake Overlook
Highest point
Elevation3,073 m (10,082 ft)[1][2]
Prominence232 m (761 ft)[3]
Parent peakMount Baker (3180 m)[3]
Listing
Coordinates51°38′55″N 116°34′17″W / 51.64861°N 116.57139°W / 51.64861; -116.57139[4]
Geography
Mount Habel is located in Alberta
Mount Habel
Mount Habel
Location in Alberta
Mount Habel is located in British Columbia
Mount Habel
Mount Habel
Location in British Columbia
Mount Habel is located in Canada
Mount Habel
Mount Habel
Location in Canada
Map
Interactive map of Mount Habel
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Protected areaBanff National Park
Parent rangeWaputik Mountains
Topo mapNTS 82N10 Blaeberry River[4]
Climbing
First ascent1923 A. Geoffrion, JWA Hickson, E. Feuz Jr.[2][3]

Mount Habel is a 3,073-metre (10,082-foot) mountain summit located in Banff National Park on the Continental Divide along the border of Alberta and British Columbia in the Waputik Mountains, part of the Canadian Rockies. It was named in 1986 after Jean Habel.[2][3] Jean Habel was a German geographer who explored the Canadian Rockies and in 1897 was the first to set foot on the Wapta Icefield which surrounds Mount Habel.[5]


Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Habel is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during 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]

Climate

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

  • Mt. Habel
    Mt. Habel
  • Mount Habel from Peyto Lake overlook
    Mount Habel from Peyto Lake overlook

See also

References

  1. ^ "Topographic map of Mount Habel". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  2. ^ a b c "Mount Habel". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  3. ^ a b c d "Mount Habel". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  4. ^ a b "Mount Habel (BC)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  5. ^ W., Boles, Glen (2006). Canadian mountain place names : the Rockies and Columbia Mountains. Laurilla, Roger W., 1959-, Putnam, William Lowell., Putnam, William Lowell. Place names of the Canadian Alps. Calgary, Alta.: Rocky Mountain Books. ISBN 9781894765794. OCLC 244770225.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  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.
  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 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.