Mount Fifi

Mountain in Banff NP, Canada
Mount Fifi is located in Alberta
Mount Fifi
Mount Fifi
Location in Alberta
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Mount Fifi is located in Canada
Mount Fifi
Mount Fifi
Mount Fifi (Canada)
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LocationAlberta, CanadaParent rangeSawback Range
Canadian RockiesTopo mapNTS 82O4 BanffClimbingFirst ascent1921 L.S. Crosby, J.W.A. Hickson, Edward Feuz Jr.
Mount Louis (left) and Mount Fifi (right)

Mount Fifi was named in 1886 after Edith Orde's dog Fifi. Mount Louis, Mount Edith, and Mount Fifi were named on the trip. It is located in the Sawback range of Banff National Park, Alberta.[1][2]

Geology

Mount Fifi is composed of limestone, a sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[3] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[4]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Fifi is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below -20 C with wind chill factors below -30 C. Weather conditions during summer months are optimum for climbing.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Mount Fifi". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
  2. ^ "Mount Fifi". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
  3. ^ Belyea, Helen (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF) (Report). Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  4. ^ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  5. ^ 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.
Footnotes
  1. ^ Bivouac and Peakfinder differ as to summit elevation by 16 m. Thus, 16 was subtracted from the prominence of 122 given by Bivouac.
  • Media related to Mount Fifi at Wikimedia Commons
  • National Park Service web site: Banff National Park
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