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Mount Kitchener is a mountain located within the Columbia Icefield of Jasper National Park, which is part of the Canadian Rockies. The mountain can be seen from the Icefields Parkway (highway 93) near Sunwapta Pass.
| Mount Kitchener | |
|---|---|
 Mt. Kitchener at dawn from the Icefields Parkway | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,505 m (11,499 ft)[1][2] |
| Prominence | 280 m (920 ft)[3] |
| Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
| Coordinates | 52°12′58″N 117°19′15″W[4] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Kitchener Alberta, Canada | |
| Parent range | Winston Churchill Range |
| Topo map | NTS 83C3 Columbia Icefield[4] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1927 by Alfred J. Ostheimer, guided by Hans Fuhrer |
| Easiest route | rock/snow climb |
Mt. Kitchener was originally named Mount Douglas by J. Norman Collie after David Douglas. In 1916, the mountain was renamed Mount Kitchener, its present-day name, after Lord Kitchener, who had just been killed in World War I.[1]
Climbing
- Routes
- SouthWest Slopes (Normal Route) I
- Grand Central Couloir V 5.9
- Ramp Route V 5.8
- Notable ascents
- 1975 Grand Central Couloir (V 5.9 WI5 1050m) by Jeff Lowe and Michael Weis (August 1975)[5]
Mount K2
Mount K2, elevation 3,090m,[2] was named in 1938 by Rex Gibson (former Alpine Club of Canada president), apparently to signify this as a secondary peak of Mount Kitchener.[6]
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Kitchener is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below −20 degrees Celsius (−4 degrees Fahrenheit) with wind chill factors below −30 °C (−22 °F).
References
- "Mount Kitchener". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
- "Topographic map of Mount Kitchener". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
- "Mount Kitchener". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
- "Mount Kitchener". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
- Lowe, Jeff (1976). "Winter Ice Climbing and its Techniques on Kitchener". The Cold Dance Review. American Alpine Journal. New York, NY, USA: American Alpine Club. 20 (50): 326–333. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Mount K2". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
- 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.
External links
- "Mount Kitchener". Peakware.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
- Parks Canada web site: Jasper National Park
Gallery
View from Mt. Kitchener's summit
Mount Kitchener's north face
Mt Kitchener Summit from Snow Dome
View to N. from Mt. Kitchener
На других языках
[de] Mount Kitchener (Alberta)
Der Mount Kitchener ist ein 3480 m (nach anderen Quellen 3505 m) hoher Gipfel im Jasper-Nationalpark in der Provinz Alberta in Kanada[1]. Er befindet sich in der Sir Winston Churchill Range, einem Gebirgszug der kanadischen Rocky Mountains.- [en] Mount Kitchener
[fr] Mont Kitchener
Le mont Kitchener est une montagne située en bordure septentrionale du champ de glace Columbia au sein du parc national de Jasper, dans les Rocheuses canadiennes.[it] Monte Kitchener
Il monte Kitchener è una montagna appartenente alle Montagne Rocciose Canadesi, localizzata nella provincia canadese dell'Alberta.[ru] Китченер (гора)
Китченер (англ. Mount Kitchener) — гора на северо-востоке Колумбийского ледникового поля в национальном парке Джаспер (Альберта, Канада), находящимся в Канадских Скалистых горах.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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