Mount Indefatigable

Mount Indefatigable is a 2,667-metre (8,750-foot) mountain summit located in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. The peak is visible from Alberta Highway 40, and the Kananaskis Lakes area. Mount Indefatigable's nearest higher neighbor is Mount Invincible, 1.8 km (1.1 mi) to the northwest.[1]

Mount Indefatigable
The southern aspect of Mount Indefatigable
Highest point
Elevation2,667 m (8,750 ft)[1]
Prominence198 m (650 ft)[1]
Parent peakMount Invincible (2700 m)[1]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates50°39′12″N 115°10′19″W[2]
Geography
Mount Indefatigable is located in Alberta
Mount Indefatigable
Mount Indefatigable
Location of Mount Indefatigable in Alberta
Mount Indefatigable is located in Canada
Mount Indefatigable
Mount Indefatigable
Mount Indefatigable (Canada)
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeSpray Mountains
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82J11 Kananaskis Lakes[2]
Climbing
First ascent1901 by Walter D. Wilcox[3]
Easiest routeScrambling

Like so many of the mountains in Kananaskis Country, Mount Indefatigable received its name from the persons and ships involved in the 1916 Battle of Jutland, the only major sea battle of the First World War.[4]

History

Mount Indefatigable was named in 1917 for HMS Indefatigable, a British battlecruiser that sank during the Battle of Jutland in World War I.[3][5] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1922 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[2]

The first ascent of the peak was made in 1901 by Walter D. Wilcox.[3]

In 2005, the popular trail to the summit of Mount Indefatigable was decommissioned to protect prime grizzly bear habitat. Though the unmaintained trail still exists, travel is discouraged by Alberta Parks.[6]

Geology

Mount Indefatigable is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. 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 Indefatigable is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[8] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains east into the Kananaskis River, thence into the Bow River.

See also
  • Mount Indefatigable in winter
    Mount Indefatigable in winter
  • Mount Indefatigable
    Mount Indefatigable
  • Mount Indefatigable reflected in Upper Kananaskis Lake
    Mount Indefatigable reflected in Upper Kananaskis Lake
  • Indefatigable on the right side
    Indefatigable on the right side

References
  1. "Mount Indefatigable". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
  2. "Mount Indefatigable". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
  3. "Mount Indefatigable". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  4. Battle of Jutland Alberta Historic Places
  5. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 67.
  6. "Why you shouldn't go up the Mt. Indefatigable trail". Friends of Kananaskis Country.
  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. S2CID 9654551.
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