Mount Engelhard

Mount Engelhard is a 3,270-metre (10,730-foot) mountain summit located between the Athabasca River valley and Sunwapta River valley of Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Engelhard lies one kilometre northwest of Mount Cromwell, and three km NNE of the east summit of Stutfield Peak.[3] The mountain was named in 1966 after Georgia Engelhard, an American who climbed for 15 years in the Canadian Rockies.[1]

Mount Engelhard
NE face of Mt. Engelhard
Highest point
Elevation3,270 m (10,730 ft)[1][2][3]
Prominence210 m (690 ft)[2]
Parent peakMount Cromwell (3330 m)[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates52°16′31″N 117°24′25″W[4]
Geography
Mount Engelhard is located in Alberta
Mount Engelhard
Mount Engelhard
Location of Mount Engelhard in Alberta
Mount Engelhard is located in Canada
Mount Engelhard
Mount Engelhard
Mount Engelhard (Canada)
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Protected areaJasper National Park
Parent rangeWinston Churchill Range
Topo mapNTS 83C6 Sunwapta Peak[4]
Climbing
First ascent1930
Easiest routerock/snow climb

The first ascent was made in 1930 by W. Hainsworth, J.F. Lehmann, M.M. Strumia, and N.D. Waffl.[1]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Engelhard is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Athabasca River.

See also

References
  1. "Mount Engelhard". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2004-06-05.
  2. "Mount Engelhard". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  3. "Topographic map of Mount Engelhard". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  4. "Mount Engelhard". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  5. 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.
Mount Engelhard seen from the Icefields Parkway
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