Lipalian Mountain

Lipalian Mountain is a 2,682-metre (8,799-foot) mountain summit located in Banff National Park, in the Slate Range of the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It was named by William C. Gussow in 1958.[1][2] Lipalian was a geological era proposed by American paleontologist Charles Walcott for a time where there is no record of fossils during a period of the Cambrian explosion. The theory was later refuted.

Lipalian Mountain
Highest point
Elevation2,682 m (8,799 ft) [1]
Prominence152 m (499 ft) [2]
Parent peakRedoubt Mountain (2902 m)[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates51°25′37″N 116°05′50″W [3]
Geography
Lipalian Mountain
Location of Lipalian Mountain in Alberta
Lipalian Mountain
Lipalian Mountain (Canada)
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeSlate Range
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82N/08[3]

Geology

The mountains in Banff Park are composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[4] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[5]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, the mountain experiences a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] The Lake Louise Ski Resort is located to the immediate northwest of the peak. Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C in the winter.

See also

References
  1. "Lipalian Mountain". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  2. "Lipalian Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  3. "Lipalian Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  4. 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.
  5. Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. 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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