Mount Coleman (Alberta)

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Coleman

| photo = Mount Coleman from Icefields Parkway.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Coleman (centered in distance) seen from Icefields Parkway

| elevation_m = 3135

| elevation_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=341|name=Mount Coleman|accessdate=2018-12-26}}

| prominence_m = 775

| prominence_ref =

| range = Cloister MountainsNTS map set 83C02 Cline River

| parent_peak = Cirrus Mountain (3270 m)

| listing = Mountains of Alberta

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

| map = Canada Alberta#Canada

| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada

| coordinates = {{coord|52|07|08|N|116|55|17|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=IASYK|name=Mount Coleman|accessdate=2019-09-23}}

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|83|C|2}}

| rock = Sedimentary

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route =

}}

Mount Coleman is a {{convert|3135|m|ft|0|adj=on}} mountain summit located in the upper North Saskatchewan River valley in Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Cirrus Mountain, {{convert|4.46|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the north.{{cite peakbagger|4580|Mount Coleman, Alberta|accessdate=2019-09-23}} Mount Coleman is situated along the east side the Icefields Parkway midway between Saskatchewan Crossing and Sunwapta Pass.

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History

Mount Coleman was named in 1898 after Arthur P. Coleman (1852-1939), a Canadian geologist and among the first white men to explore the area that is now Jasper National Park.{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=40|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=36}}{{cite crdb|id=289|name=Mount Coleman|access-date=2025-02-21}}

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Coleman 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.{{cite book|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Coleman 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. | 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. Precipitation runoff from Mount Coleman drains into tributaries of the North Saskatchewan River.