Mount Kitchener
| Mount Kitchener | |
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| File:Mtkitchener.jpg 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 |
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| Geography | |
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| Interactive map of Mount Kitchener | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Parent range | Winston Churchill Range |
| Topo map | NTS 83C3 Columbia Icefield[4] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1927 by Alfred J. Ostheimer, guided by Hans Fuhrer[1] |
| Easiest route | rock/snow climb |
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.
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
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- 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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 °C (−4 °F) with wind chill factors below −30 °C (−22 °F).
Gallery
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View from Mount Kitchener's summit
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Mount Kitchener's north face
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Mount Kitchener Summit from Snow Dome
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View to north from Mount Kitchener -
View of Mount Kitchener and Mount K2
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References
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External links
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- Parks Canada web site: Jasper National Park
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