Mount Gloria
| Mount Gloria | |
|---|---|
 Mount Gloria | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,889 m (9,478 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 189 m (620 ft)[1] |
| Parent peak | Eon Mountain (3305 m)[1] |
| Listing | Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia |
| Coordinates | 50°50′45″N 115°36′26″W / 50.84583°N 115.60722°W[2] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Gloria Location on Alberta and British Columbia boundary  Mount Gloria Mount Gloria (British Columbia) | |
| Country | Canada |
| Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
| Parent range | Park Ranges[1] |
| Topo map | NTS 82J/13[2] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1929 E. Bigelow, F.X. Bigelow, H. Bigelow, H.B. Bigelow, C. Baldwin, S. Detty, G. Duffy, R. Hallowell, H.Howe, C. Saltonstall, R. Saltonstall, R. Walcott, C. Coyteaux.[3][1] |
Mount Gloria is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1913 by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey after Lake Gloria.[4][1]
Geology
The mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[5] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[6]
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Gloria is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below −20 C with wind chill factors below −30 C.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Mount Gloria". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- ^ a b "Mount Gloria (AB)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- ^ Thorington, J. Monroe (1966) [1921]. "White Man Pass to Simpson Pass". A Climber's Guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada. With the collaboration of Putnam, William Lowell (6th ed.). American Alpine Club. p. 43. ISBN 978-1376169003.
- ^ "Mount Gloria". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
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Belyea, Helen (1960). "The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park" (PDF). Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ 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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