Amber Mountain is a 2,565-metre (8,415-foot) mountain summit located in the Maligne Range of Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Amber Mountain was so named on account of amber-hued shale outcroppings.[3] The mountain was named in 1916 by Morrison P. Bridgland (1878-1948), a Dominion Land Surveyor who named many peaks in Jasper Park and the Canadian Rockies.[1] [4] The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1947 when approved by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[2] Its nearest higher peak is The Watchtower, 5.0 km (3.1 mi) to the east.[1] Amber Mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Cambrian period and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[5]

Amber Mountain
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Highest point
Elevation	2,565 m (8,415 ft)[1]
Prominence	145 m (476 ft)[1]
Parent peak	The Watchtower (2971 m)[1]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates	52°48′42″N 117°54′19″W[2]
Geography
Location	Jasper National Park Alberta
Parent range	Maligne Range Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 83C13 Medicine Lake[2]
Geology
Age of rock	Cambrian
Type of rock	Shale
Climbing
Easiest route	Hiking

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Amber Mountain is located in a subarctic climate with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Amber Mountain drains into tributaries of the Athabasca River.

See also

• Geography of Alberta

References

External links

• Parks Canada web site: Jasper National Park

Gallery

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  View from Amber Mountain looking northeast toward Centre Mountain, The Watchtower, and South Amber Mountain

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