Aiguille Peak
Aiguille Peak from Chephren Lake
Highest point
Elevation2,999 m (9,839 ft)[1][2]
Prominence206 m (676 ft)[3]
Parent peakHowse Peak (3295 m)[3]
Listing
Coordinates51°48′16″N 116°40′11″W / 51.80444°N 116.66972°W / 51.80444; -116.66972[4]
Geography
Aiguille Peak is located in Alberta
Aiguille Peak
Aiguille Peak
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
Aiguille Peak is located in British Columbia
Aiguille Peak
Aiguille Peak
Aiguille Peak (British Columbia)
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Protected areaBanff National Park
Parent rangeWaputik Range
Topo mapNTS 82N15 Mistaya Lake[4]
Climbing
First ascent1952 by Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Mendenhall[1]

Aiguille Peak is a peak located on the Canadian provincial boundary of Alberta and British Columbia in Banff National Park. It was named in 1915 by Arthur O. Wheeler.[1][3] "Aiguille" is French for "needle" and is also a mountaineering term for a sharp-ridged summit.[5][6]

Geology

Aiguille Peak is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[7]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Aiguille Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[8] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the peak drains east to the Mistaya River, or west into tributaries of the Blaeberry River.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Aiguille Peak". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
  2. ↑ "Topographic map of Aiguille Peak". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  3. 1 2 3 "Aiguille Peak". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
  4. 1 2 "Aiguille Peak (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  5. ↑ Boles, Glen W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names. Vancouver: Rocky Mountain Books. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-894765-79-4.
  6. ↑ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 10.
  7. ↑ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  8. ↑ 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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