{{short description|Mountain in Banff NP, Alberta, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Kaufmann Peaks | image = Kaufmann Peaks from Icefields Parkway, Alberta.jpg | image_caption = Kaufmann Peaks seen from Icefields Parkway | elevation_m = 3110 | elevation_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=1706|name=Kaufmann Peak|accessdate=2018-10-16}}</ref> | prominence_m = 184 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac/> | range = [[Waputik Mountains]]<br/>[[Canadian Rockies]] | parent_peak = [[Mount Sarbach]] (3,155 m)<ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=1706|name=Kaufmann Peak|accessdate=2018-10-16}}</ref> | listing = [[List of mountains of Alberta|Mountains of Alberta]] | country = [[Canada]] | region_type = Province | region = [[Alberta]] | part_type = Protected area | part = [[Banff National Park]] | map = Alberta#Canada | map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Kaufmann Peaks | coordinates = {{coord|51|53|00|N|116|45|00|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=IAPUT|name=Kaufmann Peaks|accessdate=2018-10-15}}</ref> | topo = [[National Topographic System|NTS]] {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|15}}<ref name=cgndb/> | rock = [[sedimentary rock|Sedimentary]] | age = [[Cambrian]] | first_ascent = 1927 by D. Duncan, Ernest Feuz<ref name=peakfinder>{{cite peakfinder|id=713|name=Kaufmann Peaks|accessdate=2018-10-16}}</ref> | easiest_route = technical climb }}
'''Kaufmann Peaks''' is a 3,110 and 3,094 metre [[double summit]] mountain located on a ridge between the [[Howse River]] valley and [[Mistaya River]] valley of [[Banff National Park]], in the [[Canadian Rockies]] of [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]. The nearest higher neighbor is [[Mount Sarbach]], {{convert|2.0|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the northwest,<ref name=bivouac/> with [[Epaulette Mountain]] immediately to the southeast. Kaufmann Peaks is situated south of [[Saskatchewan River Crossing, Alberta|Saskatchewan Crossing]], where the [[Icefields Parkway]] intersects with the [[David Thompson Highway]].
==History== [[File:Canadian Alpine Journal I, 1, 026.jpg|thumb|left|160px|Christian and Hans]] The ''South Peak'' (3,110 m) is named for [[Hans Kaufmann (alpine guide)|Hans Kaufmann]] (1874–1930), the younger of two [[Switzerland|Swiss]] brothers who were popular mountain guides. [[Hans Kaufmann (alpine guide)|Hans Kaufmann]] completed twelve [[first ascent]]s in the Rockies during the years 1901 to 1904. The ''North Peak'' (3,094 m) honors [[Christian Kaufmann (alpine guide)|Christian Kaufmann]] (1872–1939) who completed 36 first ascents in the Canadian Rockies by making fifteen of those in 1901 and ten more in 1902.<ref name=peakfinder/> The two were half-brothers to [[Peter Kaufmann (Alpine guide)|Peter Kaufmann]]. The first ascent of Kaufmann Peaks was made in 1927 by D. Duncan and guide Ernest Feuz.<ref name=peakfinder/> Recommended by [[James Outram (mountaineer)|James Outram]] in 1903, the mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1920 by the [[Geographical Names Board of Canada]].<ref name=cgndb/>
==Geology== Like other mountains in Banff Park, Kaufmann Peaks is composed of [[sedimentary rock]] laid down during the [[Precambrian]] to [[Jurassic]] periods.<ref name=Belyea1960>{{Belyea-Banff-NP}}</ref> Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the [[Laramide orogeny]].<ref name=gadd>{{cite book|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}</ref> A glacier shared with Mount Sarbach resides in the northeast [[cirque]].
==Climate==
Based on the [[Köppen climate classification]], Kaufmann Peaks is located in a [[subarctic climate]] with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=Peel>{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 |issue=5 | pages = 1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | issn = 1027-5606}}</ref> Winter temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. [[Precipitation]] [[Surface runoff|runoff]] from Kaufmann Peaks drains into the [[Mistaya River]] and [[Howse River]] which are both tributaries of the [[North Saskatchewan River]].
==Gallery== <gallery> Kaufmann Peaks from Icefields Parkway.jpg|Kaufmann Peaks (centered) seen from the Icefields Parkway with Mount Sarbach (right) </gallery>
==See also== *[[List of mountains of Canada]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * Weather: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5989746/Canada/Alberta/Kaufmann%20Peaks Kaufmann Peaks] * Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/banff Banff National Park]
{{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Kaufmann Peaks | North = [[Mount Wilson (Alberta)|Mount Wilson]] | Northeast = [[Mount Murchison (Alberta)|Mount Murchison]] | ENE = Totem Tower | East = [[Icefields Parkway]] | ESE = Waterfowl Lakes | Southeast = [[Epaulette Mountain]] | South = [[Waputik Mountains]] | Southwest = [[Howse River]] | WSW = Mount David Thompson | West = [[Mount Forbes]] | WNW = [[Mount Lyell (Canada)|Mount Lyell]] | Northwest = [[Mount Sarbach]] }} {{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Three-thousanders of Alberta|Kaufmann Peaks]] [[Category:Mountains of Banff National Park|Kaufmann Peaks]] [[Category:Waputik Mountains|Kaufmann Peaks]]