Redoubt Peak is a mountain summit located on the shared border of

Jasper National Park Jasper National Park, in Alberta, Canada, is the largest national park within Alberta's Rocky Mountains, spanning . It was established as Jasper Forest Park in 1907, renamed as a national park in 1930, and declared a UNESCO world heritage site ...

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, and

Mount Robson Provincial Park Mount Robson Provincial Park is a provincial park in the Canadian Rockies with an area of 2,249 km. The park is located entirely within British Columbia, bordering Jasper National Park in Alberta. The B.C. legislature created the park in 191 ...

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. Redoubt Peak is part of The Ramparts in the

Canadian Rockies The Canadian Rockies () or Canadian Rocky Mountains, comprising both the Alberta Rockies and the British Columbian Rockies, is the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains. It is the easternmost part of the Canadian Cordillera, w ...

. It was named in 1920 because it has an appearance similar to that of a

redoubt A redoubt (historically redout) is a Fortification, fort or fort system usually consisting of an enclosed defensive emplacement outside a larger fort, usually relying on Earthworks (engineering), earthworks, although some are constructed of ston ...

on a castle. Its nearest higher peak is

Dungeon Peak Dungeon Peak is a mountain summit located on the shared border of Jasper National Park in Alberta, and Mount Robson Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. Dungeon Peak is part of The Ramparts (Canada), The Ramparts in the Tonquin Valley. ...

, to the southeast.

History

The

first ascent In mountaineering and climbing, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in climbing guidebook, guide books), is the first successful documented climb to the top of a mountain or the top of a particular climbing route. Early 20th-century mountaineers a ...

was made in 1927 by F. H. Slark and F. Rutishauser, who both perished on the descent. The following summer (1928),

Douglas Busk Douglas Laird Busk (1906–1990) was a British diplomat, mountaineer and geographer. Personal life Busk was born in London on 15 July 1906 and educated at Eton, the Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz and New College, Oxford, also spending some time at Pri ...

and J.E. Johnson made the second ascent with Hans Fuhrer. On a ledge Fuhrer found ''"Slark’s rucksack with a pair of mountain boots in addition to the rest of the stuff; these were small boots, and from his size Slark must have had big feet, so I think it probable that Rutis was climbing in stockinged feet on the cliffs directly below the summit when they fell. It was a place we looked at in horror, and circumnavigated. I am firmly convinced that they fell and were not struck by falling stones"'', on the summit they found a tin containing the names of the missing climbers. The 1928 party inferred that Slark and Rutishauser ascended the W. ridge and were trying to descend the S. face when the accident occurred. The mountain's name became official in 1935 by the

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Climate

Based on the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

, Redoubt Peak is located in a

subarctic climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a continental climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of ...

zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Redoubt Peak drains into the

Athabasca River The Athabasca River (French: ''Rivière Athabasca'') in Alberta, Canada, originates at the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park and flows more than before emptying into Lake Athabasca. Much of the land along its banks is protected in nationa ...

on its east side, and the

Fraser River The Fraser River () is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain (Canada), Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for , into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of V ...

from the west side.

Gallery

Sunrise and cloud shadows on the Tonquin Valley Ramparts

References

;Notes

External links

* * Parks Canada web site
Jasper National Park
* Provincial Park web site
Mount Robson Provincial Park
{{Canadian Rockies, state=collapsed Three-thousanders of Alberta Three-thousanders of British Columbia Mountains of Jasper National Park Mount Robson Provincial Park South Jasper Ranges

History

Climate

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