| Mount Kitchener | |
|---|---|
Mt. Kitchener at dawn from the Icefields Parkway
| |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,505 m (11,499 ft)[1][2] |
| Prominence | 280 m (920 ft)[3] |
| Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
| Coordinates | 52°12′58″N 117°19′15″W / 52.21611°N 117.32083°W / 52.21611; -117.32083[4] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Kitchener Location in SE Alberta | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Parent range | Winston Churchill Range |
| Topo map | NTS 83C3 Columbia Icefield[4] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1927 by Alfred J. Ostheimer, guided by Hans Fuhrer[1] |
| Easiest route | rock/snow climb |
Mount Kitchener is a mountain located within the Columbia IcefieldofJasper National Park, which is part of the Canadian Rockies. The mountain can be seen from the Icefields Parkway (highway 93) near Sunwapta Pass.
Mt. Kitchener was originally named Mount Douglas by J. Norman Collie after David Douglas. In 1916, the mountain was renamed Mount Kitchener, its present-day name, after Lord Kitchener, who had just been killed in World War I.[1]
Mount K2, elevation 3,090m,[2] was named in 1938 by Rex Gibson (former Alpine Club of Canada president), apparently to signify this as a secondary peak of Mount Kitchener.[6]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Kitchener is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C (−4 °F) with wind chill factors below −30 °C (−22 °F).
Media related to Mount Kitchener at Wikimedia Commons
