Curator Mountain is a mountain
summit
A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topography, topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous.
The term (mountain top) is generally used ...
located in the
Maligne Range of
Jasper National Park, in the
Canadian Rockies
The Canadian Rockies (french: Rocheuses canadiennes) or Canadian Rocky Mountains, comprising both the Alberta Rockies and the British Columbian Rockies, is the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains. It is the easternmost part ...
of
Alberta,
Canada. Curator Mountain was so named on account of its central location, as if it were the "custodian" of Shovel Pass.
The mountain was named in 1916 by Morrison P. Bridgland (1878-1948), a
Dominion Land Surveyor who named many peaks in Jasper Park and the Canadian Rockies.
Geographical Names Board of Canada
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.[ Its nearest higher peak is Trowel Peak, to the southeast.][ Curator Mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the ]Cambrian
The Cambrian Period ( ; sometimes symbolized C with bar, Ꞓ) was the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and of the Phanerozoic Eon. The Cambrian lasted 53.4 million years from the end of the preceding Ediacaran Period 538.8 million ...
period and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Curator Mountain is located in a subarctic climate
The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of an ocean, ge ...
with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.
See also
* Geography of Alberta
References
External links
* Parks Canada web site
Jasper National Park
Gallery
File:Curator Mountain from Skyline Trail.jpg, Curator Mountain from Skyline Trail
File:Curator Mountain, Jasper Park.jpg, Curator Mountain
Two-thousanders of Alberta
Canadian Rockies
Mountains of Jasper National Park
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