Mount Belanger

Mount Belanger is a 3,109-metre (10,200 ft) mountain, making it Alberta's 130th highest peak. It was named in 1921 by D.B. Dowling, in memory of Andre Belanger, a local mountain guide who drowned in the Athabasca River in 1814.[6] It lies within peaks that are between the Athabasca River and Whirlpool Rivers in Jasper National Park.[1][2]

Mount Belanger
The west face of Mount Belanger, August 2011
Highest point
Elevation3,120 m (10,240 ft)[1][2]
Prominence589 m (1,932 ft)[2][3]
Parent peakMount Fryatt 3,361 m[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates52°30′41″N 117°55′22″W[4]
Geography
Mount Belanger is located in Alberta
Mount Belanger
Mount Belanger
Location in Alberta
Mount Belanger is located in Canada
Mount Belanger
Mount Belanger
Mount Belanger (Canada)
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Protected areaJasper National Park
Parent rangeCanadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 83C12 Athabasca Falls[4]
Climbing
First ascentJuly 14, 1930 by W.R. Hainsworth, J.F. Lehmann, M.M. Strumia[5]
Easiest routeNorth face II

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Belanger is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Wintertime lows can reach -20 °C with wind chill values as low as -30 °C.

East face of Belanger

See also

References

  1. "Mount Belanger". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  2. "Mount Belanger". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  3. "Mount Belanger". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
  4. "Mount Belanger". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  5. Strumia, Max M.; Hainsworth, William R. (1931). "Gleanings in the Canadian Rockies, 1930". American Alpine Journal. American Alpine Club. 1 (3). Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  6. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-01-05 via babel.hathitrust.org.
  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.
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