Curator Mountain is a 2,624-metre (8,609-foot) mountain summit located in the Maligne Range of Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Curator Mountain was so named on account of its central location, as if it were the "custodian" of Shovel Pass.[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 Trowel Peak, 7.7 km (4.8 mi) to the southeast.[1] Curator 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]
| Curator Mountain | |
|---|---|
 Curator Mountain | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,624 m (8,609 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 284 m (932 ft)[1] |
| Parent peak | Trowel Peak (2640 m)[1] |
| Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
| Coordinates | 52°46′37″N 117°50′52″W / 52.77694°N 117.84778°W[2] |
| Geography | |
  Curator Mountain Location of Curator Mountain in Alberta  Curator Mountain Curator Mountain (Canada) | |
| 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 | Sedimentary rock |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Scramble |
Climate edit
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Curator 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 Curator Mountain drains into tributaries of the Athabasca River.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Curator Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
- ^ a b c "Curator Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
- ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 40.
- ^ MacLaren, I.S. (2005). Mapper of Mountains M.P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies 1902-1930. With Eric Higgs, Gabrielle Zezulka-Mailloux. Edmonton, AB: The University of Alberta Press. ISBN 0-88864-456-6.
- ^ 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.
External links edit
- Parks Canada web site: Jasper National Park
Gallery edit
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Curator Mountain from Skyline Trail -
Curator Mountain
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