Eagle Mountain (Alberta)
{{short description|Mountain in Banff NP, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Eagle Mountain
| photo = Goat's Eye mountain.jpg
| photo_caption = Eagle Mountain in February 2011
| elevation_m = 2836
| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|4663|Eagle Mountain, Alberta|access-date=2021-01-27}}
| prominence_m = 321
| prominence_ref= {{cite bivouac|id=1550|title=Eagle Mountain|access-date=2021-01-27}}
| range = Canadian Rockies
| parent_peak =
| listing = Mountains of Alberta
| location = Banff National Park
Alberta, Canada
| map = Alberta#Canada
| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada
| label_position = right
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 8
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Eagle Mountain
| coordinates ={{coord|51|05|51|N|115|44|41|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=IACCA|name=Eagle Mountain|accessdate=2019-03-27}}
| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|O|4}}
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route = Hiking{{cite web|url=http://www.explor8ion.com/hikes/eagle.html|title=Eagle Mountain (Goat's Eye)|website=explor8ion|accessdate=2019-03-27}}
}}
Eagle Mountain is a {{Convert|2836|m|ft|lk=off|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located immediately northeast of the Banff Sunshine ski resort in Banff National Park of Alberta, Canada. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1958 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada. The nearest higher neighbor is Mount Howard Douglas, {{convert|1.51|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the south-southeast.
Eagle Mountain contains a natural window officially named Goat's Eye{{cite cgndb|id=IAGPO|name=Goat's Eye|accessdate=2019-03-27}} located on the northeast ridge which leads many{{quantify|date=April 2025}}{{who|date=April 2025}} to call it Goat's Eye Mountain. It was first noted by George Simpson who wrote of it: "a very peculiar feature in an opening of about eighty feet by fifty, which, as we advanced nearer, assumed the appearance of the gateway of a giant's fortress."{{cite peakfinder|id=408|title=Eagle Mountain|access-date=2019-08-25}}
Geology
Like other mountains in Banff Park, Eagle Mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.{{Belyea-Banff-NP}} 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, Eagle 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 |issue=5 | pages = 1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | issn = 1027-5606}} Winter temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Eagle Mountain drains into tributaries of the Bow River.
Gallery
File:Eagle Mountain and Mount Howard Douglas.jpg|Eagle Mountain (left) and Mount Howard Douglas
File:Canadian Rockies, Eagle Mountain.jpg|Eagle Mountain from the west
File:Snowy Rocky Mountains in Banff 10.jpg|Eagle Mountain (center) and Mount Howard Douglas (right)
See also
References
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External links
- Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/banff Banff National Park]
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Category:Two-thousanders of Alberta