Mount Galatea

Mountain in Alberta, Canada
Mount Galatea is located in Alberta
Mount Galatea
Mount Galatea
Alberta, Canada
Parent rangeCanadian Rockies, Kananaskis RangeTopo mapNTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir[4]ClimbingFirst ascent1930 by Katie Gardiner, guided by Walter Feuz[5][2]Easiest routeSouth Face: difficult scrambling[6]

Mount Galatea is the highest peak of the Kananaskis Range, a subrange of the Canadian Rockies in the province of Alberta. It is located in the upper Spray Lakes Valley of the Kananaskis Country system of provincial parks. The mountain was named after the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Galatea.[2][7]

Geology

Mount Galatea is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[8] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[9]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Galatea is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[10] Winter emperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

West aspect of Mount Galatea viewed from Tent Ridge

References

  1. ^ Canmore and Kananaskis Village (Map). 1:50,000. Gem Trek Publishing. 1998. § D3. ISBN 1-895526-22-1. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  2. ^ a b c "Mount Galatea". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Galatea". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  4. ^ a b "Mount Galatea". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  5. ^ Thorington, J. Monroe (1966) [1921]. "Spray River : East". A Climber's Guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada. With the collaboration of Putnam, William Lowell (6th ed.). American Alpine Club. p. 56. ISBN 978-1376169003.
  6. ^ Kane, Alan (1999). "Mount Galatea". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. pp. 100–101. ISBN 0-921102-67-4.
  7. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 55.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  10. ^ 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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