Mount Perren

Mountain peak in Canada
Mount Perren is located in Alberta
Mount Perren
Mount Perren
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
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Mount Perren is located in British Columbia
Mount Perren
Mount Perren
Mount Perren (British Columbia)
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CountryCanadaProvincesAlberta and British ColumbiaProtected areas
  • Banff National Park
  • Kootenay National Park
Parent rangeBow RangeTopo mapNTS 82N8 Lake Louise[4]ClimbingFirst ascent1927 H.F. Ulrichs[1][3]
Moraine Lake with Mount Perren centered

Mount Perren is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1968 after Walter Perren, a Swiss climbing guide and Parks Canada service warden.[1][3] The peak forms part of the backdrop to Moraine Lake in the Valley of the Ten Peaks of Banff National Park.


Geology

The mountains in Banff Park are 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, the mountain has a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below -20 C with wind chill factors below -30 C in the winter.

Further reading

  • Dave Birrell, 50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies, P 87
  • Western Canada, P 279

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Perren (Ten Peaks)". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  2. ^ "Topographic map of Mount Perren". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  3. ^ a b c d "Mount Perren". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  4. ^ a b "Mount Perren (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  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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