Mount Buller (Alberta)

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
Elevation2,805 m (9,203 ft) [1][2]
Parent peakMount Bogart (3144 m)[3]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates50°53′33″N 115°18′52″W [4]
Geography
Mount Buller
Location in Alberta
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeKananaskis Range
Topo mapNTS 82J/14[4]
Climbing
First ascent1956 by B. Fraser, M. Hicks, J. Gorril[1]
Easiest routeModerate scramble if upper slabs are snow free[5]

Geology

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

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 with wind chill factors below −30 C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains west into Spray Lakes Reservoir.

See also

References
  1. "Buller Mountain". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  2. Canmore and Kananaskis Village (Map). 1:50,000. Gem Trek Publishing. 1998. § D2. ISBN 1-895526-22-1. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  3. "Mount Buller". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  4. "Mount Buller". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  5. Kane, Alan (1999). "Mount Buller". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. pp. 94–95. ISBN 0-921102-67-4.
  6. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 26.
  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". Missing or empty |url= (help)
  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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