Mount Fryatt
{{short description|Mountain in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Fryatt
| photo = Mount Fryatt in Jasper Park, Canada.jpg
| photo_caption =
| elevation_m = 3361
| elevation_ref = {{cite crdb|id=524|name=Mount Fryatt|access-date=2019-08-16|orig-date=2012-11-03}}{{cite web|url=http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/canada/british_columbia.html|title=British Columbia and Alberta: The Ultra-Prominent Page|website=peaklist.org|access-date=2012-11-03}}{{cite opentopomap|Mount Fryatt|52.55|-117.910278|2023-09-24}}
| prominence_m = 1608
| prominence_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=195|name=Mount Fryatt|access-date=2012-11-03}}{{cite peakbagger|pid=4432|name=Mount Fryatt, Alberta|access-date=2012-11-03}}
| range = Park Ranges
| parent_peak = Mount Edith Cavell
| listing = {{unbulleted list
|Canada highest major peaks 48th
|Canada prominent peaks 104th
}}
| country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = Alberta
| part_type = Protected area | part = Jasper National Park
| map = Alberta#Canada
| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada
| map_size = 250
| label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|52|33|00|N|117|54|37|W|type:mountain_scale:100000_region:CA-AB|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=IAFVT|name=Mount Fryatt|access-date=2019-08-16}}
| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|83|C|12}}
| first_ascent = 1926 J. Hickson; H. Palmer; H. Fuhrer
| easiest_route = South-West Face (Normal Route) II 5.4
West Ridge Direct III 5.8
}}
Mount Fryatt is Alberta's 26th highest peak. In 1920, it was named after Captain Charles Fryatt, a British merchant seaman who was executed by the Germans during World War I.{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=59|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada.|location=Ottawa|page=55}} It lies within peaks that are between the Athabasca and Whirlpool Rivers in Jasper National Park.
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Geology
Mount Fryatt 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 Fryatt 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 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}} Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Mount Fryatt drains into tributaries of the Athabasca River.
Gallery
Fryatt Valley II.jpg|Mount Fryatt from Fryatt Valley
Mount Fryatt.jpg|Mount Fryatt centered behind its outliers as seen from the Icefields Parkway
See also
References
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