Mount Brewster (Canada)

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Brewster

| photo = Mount Brewster seen from Banff.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Brewster seen from Banff

| elevation_m = 2859

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakfinder|id=167|name=Mount Brewster }}

| prominence_m = 116

| prominence_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=1522 |title=Mount Brewster|accessdate=2019-09-17}}

| range = Vermilion Range

| parent_peak = Blue Elk Peak (2972 )

| listing = Mountains of Alberta

| location = Alberta, Canada

| map = Canada Alberta

| map_caption = Location in Alberta

| map_size = 200

| label_position = right

| coordinates = {{coord|51|14|43|N|115|39|20|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=IAIBZ|name=Mount Brewster|accessdate=2019-09-17}}

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|O|4}}

| first_ascent = 1926 H. W. Greenham, D. Pilley

| easiest_route =

}}

Mount Brewster is a {{convert|2859|m|ft|0|adj=on}} mountain summit located in the Vermilion Range of Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Mount Brewster was named in 1929 by Tom Wilson after John Brewster who was the father of the Brewster family of Banff.

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Geology

The mountains in Banff Park are composed of sedimentary rock laid down during 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.{{cite book|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, the mountain experiences a subarctic climate 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}} Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C in the winter.

Gallery

File:Mount Brewster in Banff Park.jpg|Mount Brewster

File:Mount Brewster from Banff.jpg|Mount Brewster seen from Banff

File:Mount Brewster of Vermilion Range of Alberta.jpg|Mount Brewster is the high point, centered

References

External links

Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/banff Banff National Park]

Category:Two-thousanders of Alberta

Category:Mountains of Banff National Park

Category:Vermilion Range (Alberta)