Mount Lambe

Mount Lambe is a 3,183-metre (10,443-foot) mountain summit located in the Canadian Rockies on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1918 after Lawrence Morris Lambe, a Canadian geologist, palaeontologist, and ecologist from the Geological Survey of Canada.[1]

Mount Lambe
Mount Lambe
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
Mount Lambe
Mount Lambe (Canada)
Highest point
Elevation3,183 m (10,443 ft) [1]
Prominence263 m (863 ft) [1]
Coordinates51°44′15″N 116°49′17″W [1]
Geography
LocationAlberta
British Columbia
Parent rangePark Ranges
Topo mapNTS 82N/10
Climbing
First ascent1918 Interprovincial Boundary Commission

Geology

Mount Lambe is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Cambrian periods and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[2]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Lambe is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[3] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

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See also
  • List of peaks on the British Columbia-Alberta border
  • Mountains of Alberta
  • Mountains of British Columbia

References
  1. "Mount Lambe". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  2. Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. 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.
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