Mount Perren

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.[1][3] The peak forms part of the backdrop to Moraine Lake in the Valley of the Ten Peaks of Banff National Park.

Mount Perren
Mount Perren
Highest point
Elevation3,051 m (10,010 ft)[1][2]
Prominence113 m (371 ft)[3]
Parent peakMount Allen (3310 m)[3]
Listing
Coordinates51°17′47″N 116°12′32″W[4]
Geography
Mount Perren
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
Mount Perren
Mount Perren (British Columbia)
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Protected areas
Parent rangeBow Range
Topo mapNTS 82N8 Lake Louise[4]
Climbing
First ascent1927 H.F. Ulrichs[1][3]
Moraine Lake with Mount Perren centered

Geology

The mountains in Banff Park are composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[5] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[6]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, the mountain has a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below -20 C with wind chill factors below -30 C in the winter.

Further reading

See also

References
  1. "Mount Perren (Ten Peaks)". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  2. "Topographic map of Mount Perren". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  3. "Mount Perren". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  4. "Mount Perren (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  5. Belyea, Helen R. (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF). parkscanadahistory.com (Report). Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  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.
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