Mount Gloria

Mount Gloria is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide in Canada. It was named in 1913 by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey after Lake Gloria.[4][1]

Mount Gloria
Mount Gloria
Highest point
Elevation2,889 m (9,478 ft) [1]
Prominence189 m (620 ft) [1]
Parent peakEon Mountain (3305 m)[1]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates50°50′45″N 115°36′26″W [2]
Geography
Mount Gloria
Location on Alberta and British Columbia boundary
Mount Gloria
Mount Gloria (British Columbia)
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Parent rangePark Ranges[1]
Topo mapNTS 82J/13[2]
Climbing
First ascent1929 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]

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
  1. "Mount Gloria". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  2. "Mount Gloria (AB)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  3. 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.
  4. "Mount Gloria". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  5. 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.
  6. Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
  7. 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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