Mount Murray (Alberta)

Mount Murray
Mount Murray to left of center. (Mount French right of center under cloud)
Highest point
Elevation3,026 m (9,928 ft)[1]
Prominence313 m (1,027 ft)[1]
Parent peakMount French (3244 m)[1]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates50°44′57″N 115°17′35″W / 50.74917°N 115.29306°W / 50.74917; -115.29306[2]
Geography
Mount Murray is located in Alberta
Mount Murray
Mount Murray
Location of Mount Murray in Alberta
Mount Murray is located in Canada
Mount Murray
Mount Murray
Mount Murray (Canada)
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeSpray Mountains
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82J11 Kananaskis Lakes
82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir
Geology
Age of rockCambrian
Type of rocksedimentary rock
Climbing
Easiest routeModerate Scramble[1][3]

Mount Murray is a 3,026-metre (9,928-foot) mountain summit in the Spray Mountains range of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta, Canada.[2] The mountain is situated in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park of Kananaskis Country. Its nearest higher peak is Mount French, 2.0 km (1.2 mi) to the south-southwest.[1] Mount Murray can be seen from Alberta Highway 742, the Smith-Dorrien/Spray Trail.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Mount Murray". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  2. ^ a b "Mount Murray". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  3. ^ Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies, Alan Kane, 3rd edition, page 132