Mount Fay
| Mount Fay | |
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| File:Mount Fay Banff 2009.jpeg Mount Fay seen from Moraine Lake | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,235 m (10,614 ft)[1][2] |
| Prominence | 389 m (1,276 ft)[3] |
| Parent peak | Mount Allen 3280 m[3] |
| Listing | |
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| Country | Canada |
| Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
| Protected area | Banff National Park |
| Parent range | Bow Range[5] |
| Topo map | NTS 82N8 Lake Louise[4] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1904 Gertrude Benham, Christian Kaufmann[1] |
| Easiest route | South-West Face |
Mount Fay is a mountain located on the Continental Divide in the Canadian Rockies. The mountain forms part of the backdrop to Moraine Lake in the Valley of the Ten Peaks of Banff National Park.[5] It was named in 1902 by Charles E. Fay, an early explorer of the Canadian Rockies. He was a member of the party who attempted Mount Lefroy in 1896 when the first mountaineer to be killed in the Canadian Rockies occurred.[1]
Notable ascents
[edit | edit source]- 1904 First ascent by Gertrude Benham ahead of the mountain's namesake alpinist Charles E. Fay.[6]
- 1937 December 22 First winter ascent by E.R. Gibson, Doug Crosby, and Bob Hind[7]
- 1984 East Face (V/VI 5.8 WI5) FA by Barry Blanchard, David Cheesmond and Carl Tobin.[8] Repetition of the East Face and variation on the finish was done from 2–3 April 2019 by Brette Harrington, Luka Lindič and Ines Papert.[9][10]
Geology
[edit | edit source]Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Fay is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[11] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[12]
Climate
[edit | edit source]Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Fay is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[13] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.
In popular culture
[edit | edit source]Mount Fay is also the name of a fictitious mountain in the 2025 game Hollow Knight: Silksong,[14] located in the north-west corner of the game's kingdom of Pharloom. A double-jump ability can be found there.[15]
Gallery
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Mount Fay and Fay Glacier
See also
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Further reading
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