Mount Chester is a mountain located in the Smith-Dorrien Creek Valley of Kananaskis in the Canadian Rockies. The mountain was named in 1917 after HMS Chester, which was severely damaged in the Battle of Jutland.[1][4]
| Mount Chester | |
|---|---|
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,054 m (10,020 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 341 m (1,119 ft)[2] |
| Coordinates | 50°48′26″N 115°15′48″W / 50.80722°N 115.26333°W[3] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Chester Location in SW Alberta | |
| Location | Alberta, Canada |
| Parent range | Kananaskis Range |
| Topo map | NTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Scramble on southwest face |
Chester Lake is located in a small valley just northwest of the base of the mountain.
Geology
editMount Chester is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[5] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[6]
Climate
editBased on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Chester is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. In terms of favorable weather, July through September are the best months to climb.
References
edit- ^ a b "Mount Chester". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ "Mount Chester". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
- ^ "Mount Chester". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
- ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 32.
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Chester on Fresh-Oxygen - route beta, photos
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