Mount Temple (Alberta)
| Mount Temple | |
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North face of Mt. Temple from Mt. Fairview
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,544 m (11,627 ft) |
| Prominence | 1,544 m (5,066 ft) |
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| Coordinates | 51°21′02″N 116°12′24″W / 51.35056°N 116.20667°WCoordinates: 51°21′02″N 116°12′24″W / 51.35056°N 116.20667°W |
| Geography | |
| Parent range | Bow Range |
| Topo map | NTS 82N/08 |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | 550 million years |
| Mountain type | Quartzite and limestone |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1894 by Walter Wilcox, Samuel Allen and L.F. Frissel |
| Easiest route | Scramble (SW) |
Mount Temple is a mountain in Banff National Park of the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.
Mt. Temple is located in the Bow River Valley between Paradise Creek and Moraine Creek and is the highest peak in the Lake Louise area. The peak dominates the western landscape along the Trans-Canada Highway from Castle Junction to Lake Louise.
The mountain was named by George Mercer Dawson in 1884 after Sir Richard Temple who visited the Canadian Rockies that same year. Mt. Temple was the first 11,000-foot (3,400 m) peak to be climbed in the Canadian segment of the Rocky Mountains.
The mountain offers several routes for climbers and the normal route on the southwest side offers a moderate class scrambling route. See Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies for a description of that route. Climbers must be careful on this "easy" climb due to falling rock and if lost on the route, steep cliffs and avalanches.
Current route conditions can be obtained from a climbing warden at the park information centre in Lake Louise. A climber's log outside the centre may also provide comments from other climbers.
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