Fairview Mountain (sometimes called Mount Fairview) is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually highe ...

in Banff National Park situated along the southeastern shoreline of Lake Louise. The mountain was named in 1894 by

Walter Wilcox Walter Dwight Wilcox (1869–1949) was an early explorer of the Canadian Rockies, especially in the Lake Louise region. Life Wilcox was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover (Class of 1889) and Yale University (1893). Walter Wilcox is known fo ...

, which reflects the view from the top. An alternate name for the peak is ''Goat Mountain'' although it is rarely referred to as such. While imposing cliffs seen from Lake Louise may indicate a difficult climb, the mountain is easily ascended by experienced hikers via a trail around the backside on the southern slopes of the mountain.

Geology

Fairview Mountain is composed of

sedimentary rock Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles at Earth's surface, followed by cementation. Sedimentation is the collective name for processes that cause these particles ...

laid down during the Cambrian period. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the

Laramide orogeny The Laramide orogeny was a time period of mountain building in western North America, which started in the Late Cretaceous, 70 to 80 million years ago, and ended 35 to 55 million years ago. The exact duration and ages of beginning and end of the ...

Climate

Based on the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

, Fairview is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

References

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Gallery

File:Lake Louise panoramic view.jpg, Fairview Mountain (left) reflected in Lake Louise File:Lake Louise Serenity.jpg File:MtFairview.jpg, Lake Louise from Fairview Mtn File:Canadian Rockies, Banff.jpg, View from Fairview's summit File:Fairview Summit.jpg, View from Fairview's summit File:Lake Louise area from Ski Louise.jpg, Fairview in lower left File:Canoes on Lake Louise -- Alberta, Canada September 2019 (50073043031).jpg File:1 morants curve 2019.jpg, Morant's Curve in Banff National Park
L→R Lefroy, Haddo, Saddle Mountain, Fairview, Whyte, Niblock

External links

* Fairview Mountain
Weather forecast
* Parks Canada web site
Banff National Park
Two-thousanders of Alberta Mountains of Banff National Park Canadian Rockies

Geology

Climate

See also

References

Gallery

External links