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Mountain in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Mount Hardisty
Mount Hardisty and Athabasca River
Highest point
Elevation 2,716 m (8,911 ft)[1]
Prominence 456 m (1,496 ft)[1]
Parent peak Mount Kerkeslin (2984 m)[1]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 52°42′17″N 117°49′28″W / 52.70472°N 117.82444°W / 52.70472; -117.82444[2]
Geography
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Country Canada
Province Alberta
Parent range Maligne RangeCanadian Rockies
Topo map NTS 83C12 Athabasca Falls[2]
Geology
Rock age Cambrian
Rock type Sedimentary rock
Climbing
Easiest route Scramble

Mount Hardisty[3] is a 2,716 m (8,911 ft) mountain summit located in the Athabasca River valley of Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Kerkeslin, 6.0 km (3.7 mi) to the south.[1][4] Both mountains are part of the Maligne Range and are visible from the Icefields Parkway.

The mountain was named by James Hector in 1859 for Richard Hardisty (1831–1889), Chief factor at Rocky Mountain House, and later the first Metis Senator in Canada.[5]

The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1912 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[2]

Mount Hardisty is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Cambrian period and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[6]

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Hardisty is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Mount Hardisty drains into the Athabasca River.

  1. ^ a b c d "Mount Hardisty". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  2. ^ a b c "Mount Hardisty". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  3. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 62. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  4. ^ "Mount Hardisty, Alberta". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  5. ^ "Mount Hardisty". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  6. ^ Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
  7. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.