Mount Kitchener

Mount Kitchener is a mountain located within the Columbia Icefield of Jasper 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.<ref name=crdb/>

Climbing

Routes

• SouthWest Slopes (Normal Route) I
• Grand Central Couloir V 5.9
• Ramp Route V 5.8

Notable ascents

• 1975 Grand Central Couloir (V 5.9 WI5 1050m) by Jeff Lowe and Michael Weis (August 1975)<ref name=AAJ_1976>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Mount K2

Mount K2, elevation 3,090m,<ref name=opentopomap/> was named in 1938 by Rex Gibson (former Alpine Club of Canada president), apparently to signify this as a secondary peak of Mount Kitchener.<ref name=crdbK2>Template:Cite crdb</ref>

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Kitchener is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=Peel>Template:Cite journal</ref> Temperatures can drop below Template:Convert with wind chill factors below Template:Convert.

Gallery

• Snow Dome, Forbes, Lyells, Et al from Mt. Kitchener.jpg

  View from Mount Kitchener's summit

• Mount Kitchener north face.jpg

  Mount Kitchener's north face

• Mt Kitchener Summit from Snow Dome Slopes.jpg

  Mount Kitchener Summit from Snow Dome

• The Stutfields (West & East); Mt. Alberta at back.jpg

  View to north from Mount Kitchener

• View of Mt. Kitchener and Mount K2.jpg

  View of Mount Kitchener and Mount K2

External links

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• Parks Canada web site: Jasper National Park
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