Terminal Mountain is a mountain
summit
A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous.
The term (mountain top) is generally used only for ...
located in
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 ...
, in the
Trident Range of 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 ...
of
Alberta
Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
, Canada. The town of
Jasper
Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases, is an opaque, impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue. The common red color is due to ...
is situated 12 kilometers to the north-northeast. Terminal Mountain forms the west buttress of Marmot Pass, and the east buttress is formed by
Marmot Mountain, home of the
Marmot Basin alpine ski area.
Peveril Peak rises to the south across Circus Valley, and the north side towers above the valley of Whistlers Creek. The nearest higher neighbor is
Manx Peak
Manx Peak is a mountain summit located in Jasper National Park, in the Trident Range of the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. The town of Jasper is situated to the north-northeast. Circus Valley lies at the south side of the mountain, and t ...
, to the west.
History
The descriptive name ''Terminal'' was applied in 1916 by Morrison P. Bridgland (1878-1948), a
Dominion Land Survey
The Dominion Land Survey (DLS; ) is the method used to divide most of Western Canada into one-square-mile (2.6 km2) sections for agricultural and other purposes. It is based on the layout of the Public Land Survey System used in the United St ...
or who named many peaks in Jasper Park and the Canadian Rockies.
It appeared as ''Mt. Terminal'', 9300 feet, in a 1921 book, "''A Climber's Guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada.''"
The mountain's present toponym was officially adopted in 1951 by the
Geographical Names Board of Canada
The Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) is a national committee with a secretariat in Natural Resources Canada, part of the Government of Canada, which authorizes the names used and name changes on official federal government maps of Canad ...
.
[
]
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 ...
, Terminal Mountain 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.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 ...
.
Gallery
Terminal Mountain in white.jpg, Terminal Mountain
See also
*
* Geography of Alberta
Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. Located in Western Canada, the province has an area of and is bounded to the south by the United States state of Montana along 49° north for ; to the east at 110° west b ...
References
External links
* Weather forecast
Terminal Mountain
* Parks Canada web site
Jasper National Park
{{Canadian Rockies, state=collapsed
Two-thousanders of Alberta
Mountains of Jasper National Park
South Jasper Ranges