Cougar Mountain (Alberta)

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Cougar Mountain

| photo = Cougar Mountain, Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada.jpg

| photo_caption = North aspect

| elevation_m = 2863

| elevation_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=759|name=Cougar Mountain|accessdate=2019-10-08}}

| prominence_m = 226

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| range = Front Ranges

| parent_peak = Mount Burns (2936 m)

| listing = Mountains of Alberta

| location = Alberta, Canada

| map = Alberta#Canada

| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada

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| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=IANLL|name=Cougar Mountain|accessdate=2019-10-08}}

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|J|10}}

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Cougar Mountain is a summit in the Elbow River Valley, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.

Cougar Mountain was named after the animal.{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=42|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|via=hathitrust.org|page=38|access-date=2019-10-08}}

Geology

Cougar Mountain 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 rock during the Laramide orogeny.{{citation|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Cougar Mountain is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}} Winter temperatures can drop below {{Convert|-20|C}} with wind chill factors below {{Convert|-30|C}}. The months of June through September offer the most favorable weather for climbing this peak.

References

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Category:Two-thousanders of Alberta

Category:Alberta's Rockies

Cougar Mountain (Alberta)

Geology

Climate

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