Mount Hungabee

{{short description|Mountain in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name= Mount Hungabee

| other_name= Hungabee Mountain

| photo= Hungabee Mountain.jpg

| photo_caption= Northeast aspect

| elevation_m= 3492

| elevation_ref={{cite opentopomap|Hungabee Mountain|51.3319|-116.2851|2023-07-23}}

| prominence_m= 987

| prominence_ref={{cite bivouac |name=Hungabee Mountain |id= 1580 |access-date=2008-10-05}}

| range= Bow Range

| parent_peak =

| listing = {{unbulleted list

|Mountains of Alberta

|Mountains of British Columbia}}

| country= Canada

| subdivision1_type= Provinces

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

| part_type = Protected area

| part = {{ubl|Banff National Park|Yoho National Park}}

| map= Alberta#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 Hungabee

| coordinates= {{coord|51|19|58|N|116|17|02|W|type:mountain_region:CA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref={{cite bcgnis|id=15641 |name=Hungabee Mountain|access-date=2021-02-14}}

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

| first_ascent= 21 July 1903

| easiest_route= rock/snow climb

}}

Mount Hungabee, officially Hungabee Mountain, is a mountain located on the boundaries of Banff National Park and Yoho National Park on the Continental Divide at the head of Paradise Valley, in Canada. The peak was named in 1894 by Samuel Allen after the Stoney Indian (also known as Nakoda) word for "chieftain" as the mountain is higher than its neighbouring peaks.{{cite peakfinder |id= 660|name=Mount Hungabee |access-date=2004-05-04}} The mountain can be seen from the Icefields Parkway (#93) in the upper Bow Valley.

Climbing

;History

Mt. Hungabee was first climbed in 1903 by H.C. Parker who was guided by Hans Kaufmann and Christian Kaufmann.

;Routes

The normal climbing route is via the west ridge (III 5.4) which features route finding challenges. Early summer is not recommended due to avalanche hazard from snow on the NW face.

Geology

Mount Hungabee 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 Hungabee 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.