Mount Fay

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Fay

| photo = Mount Fay Banff 2009.jpeg

| photo_caption = Mount Fay seen from Moraine Lake

| elevation_m = 3235

| elevation_ref ={{cite opentopomap|Mount Fay|51.29756|-116.16454|2023-07-21}}

| prominence_m = 389

| prominence_ref ={{cite bivouac|id= 1569|name=Mount Fay|access-date=2010-02-12}}

| parent = Bow Range

| parent_peak = Mount Allen 3280 m

| listing = {{unbulleted list|

Mountains of Alberta|

Mountains of British Columbia}}

| country = Canada

| subdivision1_type = Provinces

| subdivision1 = {{enum|Alberta|British Columbia}}

| part_type = Protected area

| part = Banff National Park

| map = Canada Alberta#Canada British Columbia#Canada

| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada

| label_position = right#left

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 8

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Fay

| coordinates = {{coord|51|17|58|N|116|09|43|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref ={{cite cgndb|id=IADFA|name=Mount Fay|access-date=2013-05-18}}

| topo_map = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|8}}

| first_ascent = 1904 Gertrude Benham, Christian Kaufmann

| easiest_route = South-West Face

}}

Mount Fay is a mountain located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide in the Canadian Rockies. The mountain forms part of the backdrop to Moraine Lake in the Valley of the Ten Peaks of Banff National Park. It was named in 1902 by Charles E. Fay, an early explorer of the Canadian Rockies. He was a member of the party who attempted Mount Lefroy in 1896 when the first mountaineer to be killed in the Canadian Rockies occurred.{{cite crdb|id= 471|name=Mount Fay|access-date=2019-08-17}}

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Notable ascents

1904 First ascent by Gertrude Benham ahead of the mountain's namesake alpinist Charles E. Fay.{{cite journal |last1=Williams |first1=Chris |title='That Boundless Ocean Of Mountains': British Alpinists and the Appeal of the Canadian Rockies, 1885-1920 |journal=International Journal of the History of Sport |date=2005 |volume=22 |issue=1 |page=81 |doi=10.1080/095233605200314601 |s2cid=144126888 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/095233605200314601 |access-date=24 February 2021|url-access=subscription }}
1937 December 22 First winter ascent by E.R. Gibson, Doug Crosby, and Bob Hind
1984 East Face (V/VI 5.8 WI5) FA by Barry Blanchard, David Cheesmond and Carl Tobin.{{cite journal | last = Blanchard | first = Barry | title = Sanctum | journal = Alpinist | volume = 2011 | issue = 35 | pages = 68–73 | publisher = Height of Land Publications | location = Jeffersonville, VT, USA | date = Summer 2011 | issn = 1540-725X }} Repetition of the East Face and variation on the finish was done from 2–3 April 2019 by Brette Harrington, Luka Lindič and Ines Papert.

Geology

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

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Fay 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. |name-list-style=amp | 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.

Gallery

Mount Fay and Fay Glacier.jpg|Mount Fay and Fay Glacier

References

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NTS map 82N08 Lake Louise

{{cite aaj | article_id=13201215497 | title =Mt. Fay, East Face, The Sound of Silence | department = Climbs and expeditions

| first=Luka |last=Lindič | year = 2020 | volume=62 | issue=94 | page=147 | access-date=2025-02-18}}

{{cite journal | title = First Winter Ascent of Mt. Fay | author = Gibson, E.R.

| url = http://library.alpineclubofcanada.ca:8009/book-acc.php?id=CAJ025-1-1937#page/92/mode/1up | access-date = 2019-08-19

| archive-date = 2021-09-20 | url-status = dead

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210920133116/http://library.alpineclubofcanada.ca:8009/book-acc.php?id=CAJ025-1-1937#page/92/mode/1up}}

{{Cite web|url=https://rockandice.com/climbing-news/harrington-lindic-and-papert-complete-first-integral-ascent-of-mt-fays-east-face/

| title=Harrington, Lindič and Papert Complete First Integral Ascent of Mt. Fay's East Face

| first=Michael|last=Levy |date = April 16, 2019| website=Rock and Ice

| language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-12|url-status=

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417002531/https://rockandice.com/climbing-news/harrington-lindic-and-papert-complete-first-integral-ascent-of-mt-fays-east-face/

| archive-date = 2019-04-17}}

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