Mount Currie (Alberta)

Mount Currie
Mount Currie is located in Alberta
Mount Currie
Mount Currie
Location of Mount Currie in Alberta
Mount Currie is located in Canada
Mount Currie
Mount Currie
Mount Currie (Canada)
Highest point
Elevation2,770 m (9,090 ft)[1]
Prominence429 m (1,407 ft)[1]
Parent peakRed Man Mountain (2891 m)[1]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates50°48′11″N 115°29′32″W / 50.80306°N 115.49222°W / 50.80306; -115.49222[2]
Geography
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeBlue Range[1]
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir[2]
Geology
Age of rockCambrian
Type of rockSedimentary rock
Climbing
First ascent1916 by Interprovincial Boundary Commission[3]

Mount Currie is a 2,770-metre (9,090-foot) mountain summit located in the upper Spray River Valley of southern Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.[4] Mount Currie's nearest higher peak is Red Man Mountain, 3.3 km (2.1 mi) to the southwest on the Continental Divide.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Mount Currie". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  2. ^ a b "Mount Currie". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
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  4. ^ "Mount Currie". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.