Mount Bourgeau

Mountain in Banff NP, Alberta, Canada
Mount Bourgeau is located in Alberta
Mount Bourgeau
Mount Bourgeau
Location in SW Alberta
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Mount Bourgeau is located in Canada
Mount Bourgeau
Mount Bourgeau
Mount Bourgeau (Canada)
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LocationAlberta, CanadaParent rangeMassive Range
Canadian RockiesTopo mapNTS 82O4 Banff[3]ClimbingFirst ascent1890 by J.J. McArthur, Tom Wilson[1][2]Easiest routeEasy scramble on western slopes[4]

Mount Bourgeau is a 2,931-metre (9,616 ft) mountain located in the Massive Range of Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. It was named by James Hector in 1860 after Eugène Bourgeau, a botanist with the Palliser Expedition.[1][2] Bourgeau Lake sits at the foot of the mountain and is a popular hiking destination.

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Bourgeau is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from 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 Bourgeau 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.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Bourgeau". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  2. ^ a b c d "Mount Bourgeau". Bivouac.com.
  3. ^ "Mount Bourgeau". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  4. ^ Kane, Alan (1999). "Mount Bourgeau". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. pp. 204–205. ISBN 0-921102-67-4.
  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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