Mount Lowell is a mountain summit located in the
Athabasca River valley 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. The name has not been officially adopted yet for this peak. It is situated at the head of Fryatt Creek Valley on the same high ridge as
Mount Christie,
Xerxes Peak, and
Brussels Peak
Brussels Peak is a mountain summit located in the Athabasca River valley of Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. The nearest higher peak is Mount Fryatt, to the northwest. Brussels Peak can be seen from the Icefie ...
which is the nearest higher peak, to the north.
[ Mount Lowell can be seen from the Icefields Parkway.
]
History
The first ascent of the mountain was made in 1927 by Alfred Ostheimer with guides Hans Fuhrer and J. Weber.[ Alfred Ostheimer named the peak after A. Lawrence Lowell who was a mountaineer and the president of Harvard University when Ostheimer climbed it.][
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Geology
Mount Lowell is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian
The Precambrian (or Pre-Cambrian, sometimes abbreviated pꞒ, or Cryptozoic) is the earliest part of Earth's history, set before the current Phanerozoic Eon. The Precambrian is so named because it preceded the Cambrian, the first period of the ...
to Jurassic periods, then pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Lowell is located in a subarctic climate
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with long, cold, snowy winters, and short mild summers.runoff
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from Mount Lowell drains into Fryatt Creek and Lick Creek, both tributaries of the Athabasca River.
See also
*List of mountains of Canada
Most mountain peaks of Canada lie in the west, specifically in British Columbia, Alberta, and the Yukon. Mountains can be found all over British Columbia while those in Alberta are mainly situated on the eastern side of the Canadian Rockies. The ...
* Geology of Alberta
* Geology of the Rocky Mountains
References
External links
* Parks Canada web site
Jasper National Park
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