Mount Fryatt

Mount Fryatt is Alberta's 26th highest peak. In 1920, it was named after Captain Charles Fryatt, a British merchant seaman who was executed by the Germans during World War I.[6] It lies within peaks that are between the Athabasca and Whirlpool Rivers in Jasper National Park.[1][3]

Mount Fryatt
Highest point
Elevation3,361 m (11,027 ft) [1][2]
Prominence1,608 m (5,276 ft) [3][4]
Parent peakMount Edith Cavell[3]
Listing
Coordinates52°33′00″N 117°54′37″W [5]
Geography
Mount Fryatt
Location of Mount Fryatt in Alberta
Mount Fryatt
Mount Fryatt (Canada)
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeCanadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 83C/12
Climbing
First ascent1926 J. Hickson; H. Palmer; H. Fuhrer[3]
Easiest routeSouth-West Face (Normal Route) II 5.4
West Ridge Direct III 5.8[1]
Mount Fryatt from Fryatt Valley

Geology

Mount Fryatt 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, Mount Fryatt 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 Mount Fryatt drains into tributaries of the Athabasca River.

See also

References
  1. "Mount Fryatt". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  2. "British Columbia and Alberta: The Ultra-Prominent Page". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
  3. "Mount Fryatt". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
  4. "Mount Fryatt, Alberta". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
  5. "Mount Fryatt". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  6. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 55.
  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.
Mount Fryatt centered behind its outliers as seen from the Icefields Parkway


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