Mount Fryatt
Highest point
Elevation3,361 m (11,027 ft)[1][2][3]
Prominence1,608 m (5,276 ft)[4][5]
Parent peakMount Edith Cavell[4]
Listing
Coordinates52°33′00″N 117°54′37″W / 52.55000°N 117.91028°W / 52.55000; -117.91028[6]
Geography
Mount Fryatt is located in Alberta
Mount Fryatt
Mount Fryatt
Location of Mount Fryatt in Alberta
Mount Fryatt is located in Canada
Mount Fryatt
Mount Fryatt
Mount Fryatt (Canada)
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Protected areaJasper National Park
Parent rangePark Ranges
Topo mapNTS 83C12 Athabasca Falls[6]
Climbing
First ascent1926 J. Hickson; H. Palmer; H. Fuhrer[4]
Easiest routeSouth-West Face (Normal Route) II 5.4
West Ridge Direct III 5.8[1]

Mount Fryatt is Alberta's 26th highest peak. In 1920, it was named after Captain Charles Fryatt, a British merchant seaman who was executed by the Germans during World War I.[7] It lies within peaks that are between the Athabasca and Whirlpool Rivers in Jasper National Park.[1][4]

Geology

Mount Fryatt is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from 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 Fryatt is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[10] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Mount Fryatt drains into tributaries of the Athabasca River.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Fryatt". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  2. ↑ "British Columbia and Alberta: The Ultra-Prominent Page". peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
  3. ↑ "Topographic map of Mount Fryatt". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Fryatt". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
  5. ↑ "Mount Fryatt, Alberta". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
  6. 1 2 "Mount Fryatt". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  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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