Mount Saskatchewan (Alberta)

Mount Saskatchewan is a mountain located in the North Saskatchewan River valley of Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.

Mount Saskatchewan
Mt. Saskatchewan
Highest point
Elevation3,342 m (10,965 ft)[1][2]
Prominence1,102 m (3,615 ft)[3]
Parent peakMount Andromeda (3450 m)[3]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates52°05′59″N 117°05′36″W[4]
Geography
Mount Saskatchewan is located in Alberta
Mount Saskatchewan
Mount Saskatchewan
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Protected areaBanff National Park
Parent rangeColumbia Icefield
Topo mapNTS 83C3 Columbia Icefield[4]
Climbing
First ascentJuly 12, 1923, by Conrad Kain, W.S. Ladd, J. Monroe Thorington[5][6]
Easiest routetechnical climb

J. Norman Collie named the mountain in 1898 for the nearby Saskatchewan River.[3] One report said Collie so named it due to its possession of the headwaters of the North Saskatchewan River.[7]

Lighthouse Tower

A 75 m (246 ft) pinnacle unofficially named Lighthouse Tower and also sometimes referred to as "Cleopatra's Needle" (elevation 2,960 m (9,710 ft)),[2] is located two kilometres from the summit on the eastern ridge of Mt. Saskatchewan.[1]

It was first climbed in 1964 by G. Boehnisch and L. Mackay.[8]

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Saskatchewan is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[9] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[10] The north aspect of the peak supports an unnamed glacier which can be seen well from Parker Ridge.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Saskatchewan is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[11] 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. "Mount Saskatchewan". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  2. "Topographic map of Mount Saskatchewan". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  3. "Mount Saskatchewan". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  4. "Mount Saskatchewan". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  5. Thorington, J. Monroe (2012). "Chapter VI: Mount Saskatchewan and Mount Columbia". The Glittering Mountains of Canada. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. Kindle Edition. ISBN 978-1927330067.
  6. Thorington, J. Monroe (1966) [1921]. "Thompson Pass to Head of Athabaska River". A Climber's Guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada. With the collaboration of Putnam, William Lowell (6th ed.). American Alpine Club. pp. 230–231. ISBN 978-1376169003.
  7. Geographic Board of Canada. Place Names of Alberta (1928)
  8. "Lighthouse Tower". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  9. 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.
  10. Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  11. 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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