Mount Babel (Alberta) Explained

Mount Babel
Elevation M:3101
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:200
Prominence Ref:[2]
Range:Bow Range
Parent Peak:Mount Fay (3235 m)
Listing:Mountains of Alberta
Region Type:Province
Region:Alberta
Part Type:Protected area
Part:Banff National Park
Map:Canada Alberta
Map Size:200
Label Position:right
Coordinates:51.3064°N -116.1633°W
Coordinates Ref:[3]
First Ascent:1910
Easiest Route:East Face IV 5.10

Mount Babel is a mountain peak of the Bow Range in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The mountain can be seen from the Valley of the Ten Peaks.

Mount Babel was first climbed by A Hart, Edward Oliver Wheeler, L. Wilson and H. Worsfold in 1910.[1] [2]

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Babel is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[4]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Babel is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

Tower of Babel

The Tower of Babel is a conspicuous quartzite monolith at the northern end of the mountain, and is apparent to park visitors at Moraine Lake. It was named in 1899 by Walter D. Wilcox because its profile reminded him of the biblical Tower of Babel.[6] The first ascent of the tower was made in 1959 by G. Boles, B. Greenwood, and A. Washington.[6] Mount Babel acquired its name from its outlier tower that rises 500m (1,600feet) above Moraine Lake.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. 70 . Mount Babel . 2019-08-20.
  2. 1570. Mount Babel. 2006-09-25.
  3. IACWG. Mount Babel. 2019-09-15.
  4. Book: Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias . Gadd, Ben . 2008.
  5. Peel, M. C. . Finlayson, B. L. . McMahon, T. A. . amp . 2007 . Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification . Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. . 11 . 5 . 1633–1644 . 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . free . 2007HESS...11.1633P . 1027-5606.
  6. 1571. Tower of Babel. 2018-12-21.