Eagle Mountain (Alberta)

Eagle Mountain is a 2,836-metre (9,304-foot) mountain summit located immediately northeast of the Banff Sunshine ski resort in Banff National Park of Alberta, Canada. The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1958 when approved by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[3] Its nearest higher peak is Mount Howard Douglas, 1.51 km (0.94 mi) to the south-southeast.[1]

Eagle Mountain
Eagle Mountain in February 2011
Highest point
Elevation2,836 m (9,304 ft) [1]
Prominence321 m (1,053 ft) [2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates51°05′51″N 115°44′41″W [3]
Geography
Eagle Mountain
Location of Eagle Mountain in Alberta
Eagle Mountain
Eagle Mountain (Canada)
LocationBanff National Park
Alberta, Canada
Parent rangeCanadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82O/04
Climbing
Easiest routeHiking[4]
Eagle Mountain (left) and Mount Howard Douglas

An interesting feature of Eagle Mountain is a natural window officially named Goat's Eye[5] located on the northeast ridge which leads many to call it Goat's Eye Mountain. It was first noted by George Simpson who wrote of it: "a very peculiar feature in an opening of about eighty feet by fifty, which, as we advanced nearer, assumed the appearance of the gateway of a giant's fortress."[6]

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, Eagle Mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from 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

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Eagle Mountain is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[9] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Eagle Mountain drains into tributaries of the Bow River.

See also

References
  1. "Eagle Mountain, Alberta". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  2. "Eagle Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  3. "Eagle Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  4. "Eagle Mountain (Goat's Eye)". explor8ion. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  5. "Goat's Eye". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  6. "Eagle Mountain". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  7. 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.
  8. Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
  9. 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.
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