Mount Head (Alberta)

Mount Head
West aspect at sunset
Highest point
Elevation2,782 m (9,127 ft)[1]
Prominence403 m (1,322 ft)[2]
Parent peakLineham Ridge[2]
Isolation10.94 km (6.80 mi)[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates50°26′25″N 114°39′00″W / 50.44028°N 114.65000°W / 50.44028; -114.65000[3]
Naming
EtymologyEdmund Walker Head
Geography
Mount Head is located in Alberta
Mount Head
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Location of Mount Head in Alberta
Mount Head is located in Canada
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Mount Head (Canada)
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Protected areaDon Getty Wildland Provincial Park
Parent rangeHighwood Range
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82J7 Mount Head[3]
Geology
Mountain typeFault block
Rock typeSedimentary rock
Climbing
First ascent1934 by Raymond M. Patterson
Easiest routeScrambling[4]

Mount Head is a 2,782-metre (9,127-foot) mountain summit located in Alberta, Canada.

  1. ^ Glen W. Boles, William Lowell Putnam, Roger W. Laurilla (2006), Canadian Mountain Place Names: The Rockies and Columbia Mountains, Rocky Mountain Books, ISBN 9781894765794, p. 120
  2. ^ a b c "Mount Head, Peakvisor.com". Retrieved November 25, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Head". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  4. ^ Andrew Nugara (2014), More Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies, Rocky Mountain Books, ISBN 9781771600163, p. 204