Mount Patterson

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{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Patterson

| photo = Mt._Patterson,_Peyto_Lake_lookout,_Banff_N.P.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Patterson reflected in Peyto Lake

| elevation_m = 3197

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakfinder|id=1047|name=Mount Patterson|accessdate=2009-02-25}}

| prominence_m = 810

| prominence_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=1694|name=Mount Patterson|accessdate=2009-02-25}}

| range = Waputik Range

| parent_peak = Mount Balfour

| listing = Mountains of Alberta

| location = Alberta, Canada

| map = Canada Alberta

| range_coordinates =

| map_caption = Location in Alberta

| map_size = 200

| label_position = right

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 8

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Patterson

| coordinates = {{coord|51|44|52|N|116|34|27|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=IAQHF|name=Mount Patterson|accessdate=2019-07-20}}

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|10}}

| first_ascent = 1924 F.V. Field, W.O. Field, Edward Feuz Jr.

| easiest_route = The Snowbird Glacier and East Face IV 5.6

}}

Mount Patterson is a peak in the Waputik Range of the Canadian Rockies. It is located within Banff National Park in Alberta of Western Canada. Mount Patterson stands across the Mistaya River Valley from Mount Weed, and both are prominent features seen from the Icefields Parkway. Its nearest higher peak is Howse Peak, {{convert|10.14|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the northwest.{{cite peakbagger|4503|Mount Patterson, Alberta|accessdate=2019-07-20}}

It was named in 1917 after John Duncan Patterson who was president of the Alpine Club of Canada from 1914 to 1920.

Geology

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

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Patterson 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. | 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 {{convert|-20|C|F|0}} with wind chill factors below {{convert|-30|C|F|0}}. Precipitation runoff from Mount Patterson drains into the Mistaya River which is a tributary of the Saskatchewan River.

Gallery

File:Mt. Patterson (left) from the Icefields Parkway.jpg|Mt. Patterson (left) from the Icefields Parkway

File:Mount Patterson, east.jpg| East aspect, from Icefields Parkway

File:Lac Peyto.jpg|Mt. Patterson centered

References

External links

Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/banff Banff National Park]
Mount Patterson photo: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/24693457@N05/29528729115/in/album-72157622578913216/ Flickr]

Category:Three-thousanders of Alberta

Category:Waputik Range

Category:Mountains of Banff National Park