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 / 52.21611°N 117.32083°W[4] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Kitchener Location in SE Alberta | |
| 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 |
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
edit- 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
editMount 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
editBased 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).
References
edit- ^ a b c "Mount Kitchener". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
- ^ a b "Topographic map of Mount Kitchener". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
- ^ "Mount Kitchener". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
- ^ a b "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. 20 (50). New York, NY, USA: American Alpine Club: 326–333. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
- ^ "Mount K2". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. 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
editMedia related to Mount Kitchener at Wikimedia Commons
- Parks Canada web site: Jasper National Park
- "Mount Kitchener". Peakware.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
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
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View of Mount Kitchener and Mount K2]]