Mistaya Mountain
Northwest aspect
Highest point
Elevation3,078 m (10,098 ft)[1][2]
Prominence366 m (1,201 ft)[3]
Parent peakMount Baker (3180 m)[3]
Listing
Coordinates51°42′41″N 116°35′06″W / 51.71139°N 116.58500°W / 51.71139; -116.58500[4]
Geography
Mistaya Mountain is located in Alberta
Mistaya Mountain
Mistaya Mountain
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
Mistaya Mountain is located in British Columbia
Mistaya Mountain
Mistaya Mountain
Mistaya Mountain (British Columbia)
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Protected areaBanff National Park[1]
Parent rangeWaputik Mountains[3]
Topo mapNTS 82N10 Blaeberry River[4]
Climbing
First ascentJuly 21, 1933 by H.S. Kingman, J. Monroe Thorington, C. Kain[5][3]

Mistaya Mountain is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1918.[1][3] Mistaya is either the Cree name for "grizzly bear"[6] or is the Stoney word for "much wind".[7]

Mistaya is an easyish, non-technical mountain with good views, especially to the north, north-west and south.

Geology

Mistaya Mountain 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.[8]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mistaya Mountain is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[9] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C (−4 °F) with wind chill factors below −30 °C (−22 °F).

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mistaya Mountain". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  2. ↑ "Topographic map of Mistaya Mountain". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mistaya Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
  4. 1 2 "Mistaya Mountain (AB)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
  5. ↑ Thorington, J. Monroe (1966) [1921]. "Kicking Horse Pass to Howse Pass". A Climber's Guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada. With the collaboration of Putnam, William Lowell (6th ed.). American Alpine Club. p. 146. ISBN 978-1376169003.
  6. ↑ Fromhold, Joachim (2012). 2001 INDIAN PLACE NAMES OF THE WEST, Part 2: Listings by Nation. ISBN 9781300389118. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
  7. ↑ Boles, Glen W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. (1990). Place Names of the Canadian Alps. Revelstoke, B.C.: Footprint Publishing. p. 200. ISBN 0-9691621-4-6.
  8. ↑ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  9. ↑ 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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