Mount Alderson

Mount Alderson is a 2,692-metre (8,832-foot) summit located in Waterton Lakes National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Custer, 8.0 km (5.0 mi) to the southwest.[1] Mount Richards is situated 2.0 km (1.2 mi) to the southeast, and Bertha Peak is to the immediate northeast.

Mount Alderson
Highest point
Elevation2,692 m (8,832 ft)[1]
Prominence712 m (2,336 ft)[1]
Parent peakMount Custer (2707 m)
Coordinates49°01′24″N 113°58′09″W[2]
Geography
Mount Alderson is located in Alberta
Mount Alderson
Mount Alderson
Location of Mount Alderson in Alberta
Mount Alderson is located in Canada
Mount Alderson
Mount Alderson
Mount Alderson (Canada)
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeClark Range[3]
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82H4 Waterton Lakes[2]
Geology
Age of rockCambrian

History

Mount Alderson was named for Sir Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson, a senior British Army officer who served in several campaigns of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,[4] ultimately in command of the Canadian Corps in World War I. The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1943 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[2]

Geology

Like other mountains in Waterton Lakes National Park, Mount Alderson is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger Cretaceous period rock during the Laramide orogeny.[5]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Alderson 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. Precipitation runoff from Mount Alderson drains into Waterton Lake, thence Waterton River.

Mt. Alderson from the west

See also

References
  1. "Mount Alderson". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  2. "Mount Alderson". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  3. Mount Alderson Peakbagger
  4. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 10.
  5. Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  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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