Mount Engelhard
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Mount Engelhard is a Template:Convert mountain summit located between the Athabasca River valley and Sunwapta River valley of Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Engelhard lies one kilometre northwest of Mount Cromwell, and three km NNE of the east summit of Stutfield Peak.<ref name=opentopomap/> The mountain was named in 1966 after Georgia Engelhard, an American who climbed for 15 years in the Canadian Rockies.<ref name=crdb>Template:Cite crdb</ref>
The first ascent was made in 1930 by W. Hainsworth, J.F. Lehmann, M.M. Strumia, and N.D. Waffl.<ref name=crdb/><ref name=bivouac/>
ClimateEdit
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Engelhard is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=Peel>Template:Cite journal</ref> Temperatures can drop below Template:Cvt with wind chill factors below Template:Cvt. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Athabasca River.
GalleryEdit
- Mount Engelhard seen from Icefields Parkway.jpg
Mount Engelhard seen from the Icefields Parkway
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External linksEdit
- Parks Canada web site: Jasper National Park