Mount Habel

Mount Habel is a 3,087-metre (10,128-foot) mountain summit located on the Continental Divide along the border of Alberta and British Columbia in the Waputik Mountains, part of the Canadian Rockies. It was named in 1986 after Jean Habel.[1][2] Jean Habel was a German geographer who explored the Canadian Rockies and in 1897 was the first to set foot on the Wapta Icefield which surrounds Mount Habel.[4]

Mount Habel
Mount Habel seen from Peyto Lake Overlook
Highest point
Elevation3,087 m (10,128 ft) [1]
Prominence232 m (761 ft) [2]
Parent peakMount Baker (3180 m)[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates51°38′55″N 116°34′17″W [3]
Geography
Mount Habel
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
Mount Habel
Mount Habel (British Columbia)
LocationAlberta
British Columbia
Parent rangeWaputik Mountains
Topo mapNTS 82N/10[3]
Climbing
First ascent1923 A. Geoffrion, JWA Hickson, E. Feuz Jr.[1][2]

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Habel 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]

Mount Habel from Peyto Lake overlook

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Habel 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.

See also
  • List of peaks on the British Columbia-Alberta border

References
  1. "Mount Habel". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  2. "Mount Habel". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  3. "Mount Habel (BC)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  4. W., Boles, Glen (2006). Canadian mountain place names : the Rockies and Columbia Mountains. Laurilla, Roger W., 1959-, Putnam, William Lowell., Putnam, William Lowell. Place names of the Canadian Alps. Calgary, Alta.: Rocky Mountain Books. ISBN 9781894765794. OCLC 244770225.
  5. 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.
  6. Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias". Missing or empty |url= (help)
  7. 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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