Crowsnest Mountain
| Crowsnest Mountain | ||
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 Crowsnest Mountain and Crowsnest Lake from the Crowsnest Highway |
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| height | 2785 m | |
| location | Alberta (Canada) | |
| Mountains | Rocky mountains | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 42 ′ 20 " N , 114 ° 34 ′ 20" W | |
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| Type | Fold Mountains | |
| rock | limestone | |
| First ascent | July 28, 1904 by Tom Wilson, Christian Hassler Sr. and Friedrich Michel | |
 View from the top of Crowsnest Mountain to the west; in the middle distance the watershed of the High Rock Range, behind it British Columbia |
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 Crowsnest Mountain and the Seven Sisters (left) |
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The Crowsnest Mountain ( English for "crow's nest mountain") is a 2785 m high mountain in the Canadian Rocky Mountains in the southwest of the province of Alberta . It is very isolated and is only connected to its neighbors, the Seven Sisters , in the north by a saddle . It lies east of the continental divide between the Pacific and the Arctic. Not far from the mountain, the Crowsnest Pass offers a transition over this watershed, which is also the border between the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia ; the pass road, Highway 3, is referred to as the Crowsnest Highway on its entire route through the Rocky Mountains .
Surname
The name comes from the Cree Indians, who derived it from black birds nesting in the area. In fact, they should not have been crows , but ravens .
geology
The upper regions, the steep walls of the mountain, are made of limestone that was formed in the Paleozoic Era , while the lower parts of the mountain consist of layers formed in the Mesozoic Era and are therefore younger. This peculiarity is reflected in the paradoxical statement that the mountain is upside down . Originally, the upper, older layers were connected to the neighboring High Rock Range . During the orogeny they were to the east moved over the younger rock layers that now form the base of the mountain. Glacier currents eventually eroded the rock around the mountain and left it in its current form.
First ascent
The British mountaineer Edward Whymper , the first to climb the Matterhorn , had already toured the region in 1903 and was planning to climb the mountain in 1904, which had previously been considered impossible. With the Canadian mountaineer Tom Wilson, who worked as a young man for the Canadian railroad in the Rocky Mountains and discovered Lake Louise in 1882 , Whymper agreed that he would go around the mountain with the Swiss mountain guides Christian Hassler Sr. and Friedrich Michel should explore. After they reported back to Whymper, he wanted to determine how to proceed. Wilson and the two Swiss set out on July 26, 1904 and set up camp on the west side of the mountain. On July 29th, Whymper received a telegram that the mountain had been climbed and that further instructions were expected. The three climbers could not resist the temptation and climbed the mountain on July 28th. Whymper was angry because he had missed this first ascent, but even more so because his instructions had been ignored.
In the meantime the mountain has been climbed frequently; the ascent from the north, opened in 1915, is considered to be moderately difficult (UIAA II) .
Web links
- Crowsnest Mountain at Peakware
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Crowsnest Mountain at www.peakfinder.com, last accessed on February 6, 2009. ( Memento of the original from February 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Short biography of Tom Wilson on www.peakfinder.com, last accessed on February 6, 2009. ( Memento of the original from February 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Whimper in Canada . In: American Alpine Journal 1941 (AAJO), last accessed on February 6, 2009 ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
