Mount Kitchener 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 (topography), summit area, and ...

located within the

Columbia Icefield The Columbia Icefield is the largest ice field in North America's Rocky Mountains. Located within the Canadian Rocky Mountains astride the Continental Divide along the border of British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, the ice field lies partly ...

Jasper National Park Jasper National Park is a national park in Alberta, Canada. It is the largest national park within Alberta's Rocky Mountains spanning . It was established as a national park in 1930 and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Its locatio ...

, which is part of 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 ...

. The mountain can be seen from the

Icefields Parkway Highway 93 is a north–south highway in Alberta, Canada. It is also known as the Banff-Windermere Parkway south of the Trans-Canada Highway ( Highway 1) and the Icefields Parkway north of the Trans-Canada Highway. It travels through ...

(highway 93) near Sunwapta Pass. Mt. Kitchener was originally named Mount Douglas by

J. Norman Collie Professor John Norman Collie FRSE FRS (10 September 1859 – 1 November 1942), commonly referred to as J. Norman Collie, was an English scientist, mountaineer and explorer. Life and work He was born in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, the second of ...

after David Douglas. In 1916, the mountain was renamed Mount Kitchener, its present-day name, after Lord Kitchener, who had just been killed in

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Climbing

;Routes * SouthWest Slopes (Normal Route) I * Grand Central Couloir V 5.9 * Ramp Route V 5.8 ;Notable ascents * 1975 ''Grand Central Couloir'' (V 5.9 WI5 1050m) by Jeff Lowe and Michael Weis (August 1975)

Mount K2

Mount K2, elevation 3,090m, was named in 1938 by Rex Gibson (former

Alpine Club of Canada The Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) is an amateur athletic association with its national office in Canmore, Alberta that has been a focal point for Canadian mountaineering since its founding in 1906. The club was co-founded by Arthur Oliver Wheeler, ...

president), apparently to signify this as a secondary peak of Mount Kitchener.

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 ...

, Mount Kitchener 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 ...

zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Temperatures can drop below with wind chill factors below .

References

External links

* * Parks Canada web site
Jasper National Park

Gallery

File:Snow Dome, Forbes, Lyells, Et al from Mt. Kitchener.jpg, View from Mt. Kitchener's summit File:Mount Kitchener north face.jpg, Mount Kitchener's north face File:Mt Kitchener Summit from Snow Dome Slopes.jpg, Mt Kitchener Summit from Snow Dome File:The Stutfields (West & East); Mt. Alberta at back.jpg, View to N. from Mt. Kitchener {{DEFAULTSORT:Kitchener Three-thousanders of Alberta Winston Churchill Range Mountains of Jasper National Park