Little Temple
Little Temple (right) seen with Mount Temple
Highest point
Elevation2,653 m (8,704 ft)[1]
Prominence233 m (764 ft)[1]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates51°22′12″N 116°11′12″W / 51.37000°N 116.18667°W / 51.37000; -116.18667[1]
Geography
Little Temple is located in Alberta
Little Temple
Little Temple
Location of Little Temple in Alberta
Little Temple is located in Canada
Little Temple
Little Temple
Little Temple (Canada)
LocationBanff National Park
Alberta, Canada
Parent rangeBow Range
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82N8 Lake Louise
Climbing
Easiest routeScramble[2]

Little Temple is a 2,653-metre (8,704-foot) mountain summit located in Banff National Park of the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Little Temple is situated in the Bow River Valley between Paradise Creek and Moraine Creek, 6.0 km (3.7 mi) south of Lake Louise, Alberta. The mountain can be seen from the Icefields Parkway along with its nearest higher peak, Mount Temple, 1.07 km (0.66 mi) to the southwest.[1]

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, Little Temple is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[3] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[4]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Little Temple is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Little Temple drains into the Bow River which is a tributary of the Saskatchewan River.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Little Temple, Alberta". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  2. ↑ "Little Temple". sonnybou. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  5. ↑ 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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