Mount Byng

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Byng

| photo = Mount Byng from Wonder Pass.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Byng from Wonder Pass

| elevation_m = 2940

| elevation_ref = {{cite map|title=Banff & Mount Assiniboine|year=1997|publisher=Gem Trek Publishing}}

| prominence_m = 510

| prominence_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=1472|name= Mount Byng |access-date=2018-12-27}}

| isolation_km = 6.57

| isolation_ref= {{cite peakbagger|4675|Mount Byng, Alberta|access-date=2022-12-10}}

| range = {{ubl|Blue Range|Canadian Rockies}}

| parent_peak = Mount Alcantara (3029 m)

| listing = Mountains of Alberta

| country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = Alberta

| part_type = Protected area | part = Banff National ParkNTS map sheet 82J13

| map = Canada Alberta#Canada

| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada

| coordinates = {{coord|50|49|43|N|115|31|33|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id= IAKGB |name= Mount Byng |access-date=2018-12-28}}

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|J|13}}

| rock = Sedimentary rock

| age = Cambrian

| first_ascent = 1934, H.S. Crosby, Rudolph Aemmer

| easiest_route = Scramble{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

}}

Mount Byng is a {{Convert|2940|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in the upper Spray River Valley of southern Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It is the second-highest point in the Blue Range. Mount Byng's nearest higher peak is Mount Alcantara, {{convert|6.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the west-southwest. The majestic Mount Assiniboine is situated {{cvt|10|km}} to the northwest of Byng.

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History

Mount Byng was named in 1918 for Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, a British Field Marshal who served during the First World War where he commanded the Canadian Corps, and later served as Governor General of Canada.{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=31|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=27}}

The mountain's name was made official in 1928 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.

The first ascent was made in 1934 by H.S. Crosby, with guide Rudolph Aemmer.{{cite crdb|id=200|name=Mount Byng|access-date=2019-07-09}}

Geology

Mount Byng is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods and was later 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, Mount Byng is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. |name-list-style=amp | 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}} Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. In terms of favorable weather, June through September are the best months to climb. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Owl Creek and Currie Creek, which empty into the Spray Lakes Reservoir.