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Mount Turner (Alberta)

Coordinates: 50°51′16″N 115°28′39″W / 50.85444°N 115.47750°W / 50.85444; -115.47750
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Mount Turner
Mount Turner seen from Spray Lakes
Highest point
Elevation2,806 m (9,206 ft)[1][2]
Prominence389 m (1,276 ft)[1]
Parent peakMount Byng (2965 m)[1]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates50°51′16″N 115°28′39″W / 50.85444°N 115.47750°W / 50.85444; -115.47750[3]
Geography
Mount Turner is located in Alberta
Mount Turner
Mount Turner
Location of Mount Turner in Alberta
Mount Turner is located in Canada
Mount Turner
Mount Turner
Mount Turner (Canada)
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Parent rangeBlue Range[1]
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir[3]
Geology
Rock ageCambrian
Rock typeSedimentary rock
Climbing
Easiest routeScramble

Mount Turner is a 2,806-metre (9,206-foot) mountain summit located in the upper Spray River Valley of southern Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Mount Turner in not visible from any road in Banff Park, however, it can be seen from Alberta Highway 742, also known as the Smith-Dorrien/Spray Trail in Kananaskis Country. Mount Turner's nearest higher peak is Cone Mountain, 2.91 km (1.81 mi) to the north.[2]

History

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Mount Turner was named in 1918 for Sir Richard Ernest William Turner (1871–1961), a Lieutenant-general in the Canadian Army who served during the Second Boer War and the First World War, and was a recipient of the Victoria Cross.[4][5] Earlier in his career, he served in the Royal Canadian Dragoons with Sir Edward Whipple Bancroft Morrison in 1900.[1] Not coincidentally, Mount Morrison is situated two kilometres south of Mount Turner.[3]

The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[3]

Geology

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Mount Turner is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods and was later pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[6]

Climate

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Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Turner is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. In terms of favorable weather, June through September are the best months to climb. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Owl Creek and Bryant Creek, which empty into Spray Lakes Reservoir.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Mount Turner". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  2. ^ a b "Mount Turner, Alberta". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  3. ^ a b c d "Mount Turner". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
  4. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 127.
  5. ^ "Mount Turner". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  6. ^ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  7. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.
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