Mount Bourgeau
Mount Bourgeau seen from Sulphur Mountain
Highest point
Elevation2,931 m (9,616 ft)[1]
Prominence462 m (1,516 ft)[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates51°07′55″N 115°46′31″W / 51.13194°N 115.77528°W / 51.13194; -115.77528[2]
Geography
Mount Bourgeau is located in Alberta
Mount Bourgeau
Mount Bourgeau
Location in SW Alberta
Mount Bourgeau is located in Canada
Mount Bourgeau
Mount Bourgeau
Mount Bourgeau (Canada)
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeMassive Range
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82O4 Banff[3]
Climbing
First 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. 1 2 3 "Mount Bourgeau". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "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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