Mount Amery

Mount Amery
Mount Amery seen from the Icefields Parkway
Highest point
Elevation3,329 m (10,922 ft)[1]
Prominence579 m (1,900 ft)[1]
Parent peakMount Lyell (3498 m)[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates52°02′13″N 116°58′54″W / 52.03694°N 116.98167°W / 52.03694; -116.98167[3]
Naming
EtymologyLeo Amery
Geography
Mount Amery is located in Alberta
Mount Amery
Mount Amery
Location in Alberta
Mount Amery is located in Canada
Mount Amery
Mount Amery
Location in Canada
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Protected areaBanff National Park
Parent rangeLyell Group, Central Icefields
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 83C2 Cline River[3]
Geology
Rock typeSedimentary
Climbing
First ascent1929 by Leopold Amery, Brian Meredith, Edward Feuz Jr.[1]
Easiest routetechnical climb

Mount Amery is a 3,329-metre (10,922-foot) mountain summit located in the North Saskatchewan River valley of Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Saskatchewan, 10.56 km (6.56 mi) to the northwest, but they are separated by the Alexandra River.[2] Mount Amery can be seen from the Icefields Parkway north of Saskatchewan Crossing, with optimum photography conditions in the early morning light. Precipitation runoff from Mount Amery drains into tributaries of the Saskatchewan River.

History

Mount Amery honors Leo Amery (1873-1955), who was a British politician and journalist who twice visited the Canadian Rockies. Unusually, he (along with Brian Meredith and Edward Feuz Jr.) made the first ascent of the mountain in 1929, after it had been named for him in 1928.[1]

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Amery is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[4] 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, Mount Amery is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Winter temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. The months June through August offer the most favorable weather for viewing and climbing this mountain.

  • Amery in upper right
    Amery in upper right

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Mount Amery". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  2. ^ a b "Mount Amery, Alberta". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Amery". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  4. ^ 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.
  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 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.