Aye Mountain
Aye Mountain centered. Eon to left, Assiniboine to right
Highest point
Elevation3,243 m (10,640 ft)[1][2]
Prominence361 m (1,184 ft)[3]
Parent peakLunette Peak (3428 m)[3]
Listing
Coordinates50°50′40″N 115°38′35″W / 50.84444°N 115.64305°W / 50.84444; -115.64305[4]
Geography
Aye Mountain is located in Alberta
Aye Mountain
Aye Mountain
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
Aye Mountain is located in British Columbia
Aye Mountain
Aye Mountain
Aye Mountain (British Columbia)
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Topo mapNTS 82J13 Mount Assiniboine[4]
Climbing
First ascent1934 H.S. Crosby, Rudolph Aemmer[1]

Aye Mountain is located on the Canadian provincial boundary between Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1913 by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey.[1][3]

Geology

The mountain is 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, Mount Aye 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.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Aye Mountain". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
  2. ↑ "Topographic map of Aye Mountain". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  3. 1 2 3 "Aye Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
  4. 1 2 "Aye Mountain (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  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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