Mount Buller | |
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Buller Mountain | |
![]() Mt. Buller seen from Buller Pond | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,805 m (9,203 ft) [1] [2] |
Parent peak | Mount Bogart (3144 m) [3] |
Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
Coordinates | 50°53′33″N 115°18′52″W / 50.89250°N 115.31444°W [4] |
Geography | |
Location | Alberta, Canada |
Parent range | Kananaskis Range |
Topo map | NTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir [4] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1956 by B. Fraser, M. Hicks, J. Gorril [1] |
Easiest route | Moderate scramble if upper slabs are snow free [5] |
Mount Buller was named in 1922 after Lieutenant Colonel H.C. Buller DSO, a casualty of World War I. [6] It is located in the Kananaskis Range in Alberta. [1] [4]
Buller is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. [7] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. [8]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Buller is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [9] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C (−4 °F) with wind chill factors below −30 °C (−22 °F). Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains west into Spray Lakes Reservoir.
Mount Buller | |
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Buller Mountain | |
![]() Mt. Buller seen from Buller Pond | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,805 m (9,203 ft) [1] [2] |
Parent peak | Mount Bogart (3144 m) [3] |
Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
Coordinates | 50°53′33″N 115°18′52″W / 50.89250°N 115.31444°W [4] |
Geography | |
Location | Alberta, Canada |
Parent range | Kananaskis Range |
Topo map | NTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir [4] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1956 by B. Fraser, M. Hicks, J. Gorril [1] |
Easiest route | Moderate scramble if upper slabs are snow free [5] |
Mount Buller was named in 1922 after Lieutenant Colonel H.C. Buller DSO, a casualty of World War I. [6] It is located in the Kananaskis Range in Alberta. [1] [4]
Buller is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. [7] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. [8]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Buller is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [9] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C (−4 °F) with wind chill factors below −30 °C (−22 °F). Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains west into Spray Lakes Reservoir.