Mount Girouard

Mountain in Canada

Mount Girouard
Mount Inglismaldie (left) and Mount Girouard (right)
Highest point
Elevation	2,995 m (9,826 ft)[1]
Prominence	1,455 m (4,774 ft)[2]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates	51°14′10″N 115°24′11″W / 51.23611°N 115.40306°W / 51.23611; -115.40306[3]
Geography
Mount Girouard Location in Alberta
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Protected area	Banff National Park
Parent range	Fairholme Range
Topo map	NTS 82O3 Canmore[3]
Climbing
First ascent	1938 by E.E. Bishop and D.R. Crosby[1][2]
Easiest route	rock climb

Mount Girouard is the highest peak of the Fairholme RangeinBanff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Mt. Girouard is located in the Bow River valley south of Lake Minnewanka.

The mountain was named in 1904 after Sir Édouard Girouard, a railway builder in Africa during the rule of the British Empire.^[1][2]

Geology[edit]

Mount Girouard is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the PrecambriantoJurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.^[4]

Climate[edit]

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Girouard is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.^[5] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C (−4 °F) with wind chill factors below −30 °C (−22 °F). Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into the Bow River.

See also[edit]

• Geology of Alberta

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Mount Girouard weather: Mountain Forecast