Mount Brewster
Mount Brewster seen from Banff
Highest point
Elevation2,859 m (9,380 ft)[1]
Prominence116 m (381 ft)[2]
Parent peakBlue Elk Peak (2972 )[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates51°14′43″N 115°39′20″W / 51.24528°N 115.65556°W / 51.24528; -115.65556[3]
Geography
Mount Brewster is located in Alberta
Mount Brewster
Mount Brewster
Location in Alberta
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeVermilion Range[3]
Topo mapNTS 82O4 Banff[3]
Climbing
First ascent1926 H. W. Greenham, D. Pilley[1][2]

Mount Brewster is a 2,859-metre (9,380 ft) mountain summit located in the Vermilion Range of Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Mount Brewster was named in 1929 by Tom Wilson after John Brewster who was the father of the Brewster family of Banff.[1][2]

Geology

The mountains in Banff Park are composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[4] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[5]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, the mountain experiences a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C in the winter.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Brewster". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Brewster". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mount Brewster". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  6. ↑ 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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