Mount Perren

{{Infobox mountain

| name= Mount Perren

| photo= Mount Perren.jpg

| photo_caption= Mount Perren

| elevation_m= 3051

| elevation_ref={{cite crdb|id= 1060|name=Mount Perren (Ten Peaks)|access-date=2019-09-15}}

| prominence_m= 113

| prominence_ref={{cite bivouac|id==1573|name=Mount Perren|access-date= 2019-09-15}}

| range= Bow Range

| parent_peak=Mount Allen (3310 m)

| listing = {{unbulleted list

| Mountains of Alberta

| Mountains of British Columbia}}

| country= Canada

| subdivision1_type= Provinces

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

| part_type = Protected areas

| part = {{unbulleted list|Banff National Park|Kootenay National Park}}

| map= Alberta#British Columbia#Canada

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

| map_size= 200

| label_position= right#left

| coordinates= {{coord|51.29638|-116.20888|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref= {{cite cgndb|id=IAQKX|name=Mount Perren (Alberta)|access-date=2021-09-14}}

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

| first_ascent= 1927 H.F. Ulrichs

| easiest_route=

}}

Mount Perren is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1968 after Walter Perren, a Swiss climbing guide and Parks Canada service warden. The peak forms part of the backdrop to Moraine Lake in the Valley of the Ten Peaks of Banff National Park.

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Geology

The mountains in Banff Park are 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, the mountain has 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 in the winter.