The Whistlers 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

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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 ...

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. The municipality 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 7 kilometres to the northeast. The nearest higher neighbor is Indian Peak, to the southwest. The highest and longest aerial tramway in Canada ascends to a lookout at 2,277 meters elevation, still 193 meters below the summit, but a hiking trail continues to the summit. Some of the mountains that can be seen (weather permitting) from the top include

Mount Robson Mount Robson is the most prominent mountain in North America's Rocky Mountain range; it is also the highest point in the Canadian Rockies. The mountain is located entirely within Mount Robson Provincial Park of British Columbia, and is part of ...

, Mount Bridgland, Monarch Mountain, Cairngorm, Pyramid Mountain, Hawk Mountain, Mount Colin, Grisette Mountain, Mount Tekarra, Mount Hardisty, Mount Kerkeslin, Marmot Mountain, Terminal Mountain, and Manx Peak.

History

The descriptive name ''The Whistlers'' was applied in 1916 by

Édouard-Gaston Deville Édouard-Gaston Daniel Deville, (February 21, 1849 – September 21, 1924) was the first to perfect a practical method of photogrammetry, the making of maps based on photography. He was the Surveyor General of Canada (1885–1924) and Canada's ...

of the

Geological Survey of Canada The Geological Survey of Canada (GSC; , CGC) is a Canadian federal government agency responsible for performing geological surveys of the country developing Canada's natural resources and protecting the environment. A branch of the Earth Science ...

for the whistling inhabitants of the mountain, the

hoary marmot The hoary marmot (''Marmota caligata'') is a species of marmot that inhabits the mountains of northwest North America. Hoary marmots live near the tree line on slopes with Graminoid, grasses and forbs to eat and rocky areas for cover. It is the ...

. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1951 by the

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Climate

Based on the

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, The Whistlers 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. Winter temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Precipitation runoff from The Whistlers drains into tributaries of 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 ...

Gallery

Views from the top

File:View from Whistlers Peak - panoramio.jpg, Summit view of the lookout and Pyramid Mountain File:Whistlers Peak - panoramio.jpg, View of Terminal Mountain and Manx Peak File:Jasper town from top of the mountain!.jpg, View of Jasper and the

Colin Range The Colin Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies located directly northeast of the Jasper townsite in Jasper National Park, Canada. List of Mountains This range includes the following mountains: See also * Ranges of the Canadian R ...

File:Marmot Mountain.jpg, View south L→R

Mount Edith Cavell Mount Edith Cavell is a mountain in the Athabasca River and Astoria River valleys of Jasper National Park, and the most prominent peak entirely within Alberta. The mountain was named in 1916 for Edith Cavell, a British nurse executed by the Ge ...

, Lectern Peak, Marmot Mountain, Chak Peak,

Throne Mountain Throne Mountain is a prominent mountain summit located in Jasper National Park, in the South Jasper Ranges of the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It is situated south of the town of Jasper, Alberta, Jasper, and east of Tonquin Valley. The ...

, Blackhorn Peak. File:Top of The Whistlers.jpg, Walking to the top of The Whistlers File:East aspect of The Whistlers.jpg, East aspect The Whistlers, Jasper Park.jpg, The Whistlers seen from Jasper

References

External links

* Parks Canada web site
Jasper National Park
* Webcam and weather
Jasper Skytram
* The Whistlers
weather forecast
{{Canadian Rockies, state=collapsed Two-thousanders of Alberta Mountains of Jasper National Park South Jasper Ranges