Aye Mountain
Aye Mountain is located on the Canadian provincial boundary between Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1913 by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey.[1][3]
| Aye Mountain | |
|---|---|
 Aye Mountain centered. Eon to left, Assiniboine to right | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,243 m (10,640 ft)[1][2] |
| Prominence | 361 m (1,184 ft)[3] |
| Parent peak | Lunette Peak (3428 m)[3] |
| Listing | |
| Coordinates | 50°50′40″N 115°38′35″W[4] |
| Geography | |
  Aye Mountain Location in Alberta and British Columbia  Aye Mountain Aye Mountain (British Columbia) | |
| Country | Canada |
| Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
| Topo map | NTS 82J13 Mount Assiniboine[4] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1934 H.S. Crosby, Rudolph Aemmer[1] |
Geology
The mountain 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 Aye 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.
References
- "Aye Mountain". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
- "Topographic map of Aye Mountain". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- "Aye Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
- "Aye Mountain (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- 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.
- Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
- 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.
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