Stairway Peak

Stairway Peak is a 3,006 metres (9,862 ft) mountain summit located on the Continental Divide, on the shared border of Alberta and British Columbia in the Canadian Rockies. It is also on the shared border between Banff National Park and Yoho National Park, and can be seen from the Icefields Parkway. It was named in 1918 by Arthur O. Wheeler.[1][3]

Stairway Peak
Highest point
Elevation2,999 m (9,839 ft)[1][2]
Prominence105 m (344 ft)[3]
Parent peakHowse Peak (3295 m)[3]
Listing
Coordinates51°47′36″N 116°39′22″W[4]
Geography
Stairway Peak is located in Alberta
Stairway Peak
Stairway Peak
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
Stairway Peak is located in British Columbia
Stairway Peak
Stairway Peak
Stairway Peak (British Columbia)
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Protected areaBanff National Park
Parent rangeWaputik Mountains
Topo mapNTS 82N15 Mistaya Lake[4]
Climbing
First ascent1944 Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Measuroll, J. Monroe Thorington, Edward Feuz jr.[1][3]

Geology

Stairway Peak 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.[5]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Stairway Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the peak drains east to the Mistaya River, or west into tributaries of the Blaeberry River.

See also
Stairway Peak viewed from Waterfowl Lakes

References
  1. "Stairway Peak". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  2. "Topographic map of Stairway Peak". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  3. "Stairway Peak". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  4. "Stairway Peak (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  5. Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
  6. 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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