Mount Buller was named in 1922 after Lieutenant Colonel H.C. Buller DSO, a casualty of World War I.[6] It is located in the Kananaskis Range in Alberta.[1][4]
| Mount Buller | |
|---|---|
| Buller Mountain | |
 Mt. Buller seen from Buller Pond | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,805 m (9,203 ft)[1][2] |
| Parent peak | Mount Bogart (3144 m)[3] |
| Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
| Coordinates | 50°53′33″N 115°18′52″W / 50.89250°N 115.31444°W[4] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Buller Location in Alberta | |
| Location | Alberta, Canada |
| Parent range | Kananaskis Range |
| Topo map | NTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir[4] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1956 by B. Fraser, M. Hicks, J. Gorril[1] |
| Easiest route | Moderate scramble if upper slabs are snow free[5] |
Geology edit
Buller is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[7] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[8]
Climate edit
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Buller is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[9] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C (−4 °F) with wind chill factors below −30 °C (−22 °F). Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains west into Spray Lakes Reservoir.
See also edit
- Geography of Alberta
Media related to Mount Buller (Alberta) at Wikimedia Commons
References edit
- ^ a b c "Buller Mountain". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
- ^ Canmore and Kananaskis Village (Map). 1:50,000. Gem Trek Publishing. 1998. § D2. ISBN 1-895526-22-1. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ "Mount Buller". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ a b c "Mount Buller". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ Kane, Alan (1999). "Mount Buller". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. pp. 94–95. ISBN 0-921102-67-4.
- ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 26.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
- ^ 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.