Aye Mountain

Aye Mountain is located on the Canadian provincial boundary between Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1913 by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey.[1][2]

Aye Mountain
Aye Mountain centered. Eon to left, Assiniboine to right
Highest point
Elevation	3,236 m (10,617 ft) [1]
Prominence	361 m (1,184 ft) [2]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	50°50′42″N 115°38′36″W [2]
Geography
Aye Mountain Location in Alberta and British Columbia Show map of Alberta Aye Mountain Aye Mountain (British Columbia) Show map of British Columbia
Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
Topo map	NTS 82J/13
Climbing
First ascent	1934 H.S. Crosby, Rudolph Aemmer[1]

Geology

The mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[3] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[4]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Aye is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below −20 C with wind chill factors below −30 C.

See also

• List of peaks on the British Columbia-Alberta border

References

1. "Aye Mountain". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved Feb 13, 2010.
2. "Aye Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved Feb 13, 2010.
3. Belyea, Helen (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF) (Report). Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
4. Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias". Missing or empty |url= (help)
5. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.