Mount Tuzo

Mount Tuzo, previously "Peak Seven" or "Shagowa", was named in 1907 after its first ascendant Henrietta L. Tuzo. It is located within the Valley of the Ten Peaks in the Canadian Rockies, along the Continental Divide, which forms the boundary between British Columbia and Alberta in this region.[1][2]

Mount Tuzo
Mount Tuzo
Highest point
Elevation3,248 m (10,656 ft) [1]
Prominence210 m (690 ft) [2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates51°18′06″N 116°13′42″W [3]
Geography
Mount Tuzo
Location in Alberta
LocationAlberta/British Columbia, Canada
Parent rangeValley of the Ten Peaks
Topo mapNTS 82N/08[3]
Climbing
First ascent15 September 1906
Henrietta Tuzo, Christian Kaufmann
Easiest routePeak 7

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Tuzo is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from 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, Mount Tuzo is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] 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 Tuzo". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  2. "Mount Tuzo". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  3. "Mount Tuzo". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  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" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
  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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