{{Short description|Mountain in Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Andromache | image = Mount Andromache, Banff.jpg | image_caption = Northwest aspect | elevation_m = 3033 | elevation_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=6975|name= Mount Andromache |access-date=2019-02-11}}</ref> | prominence_m = 518 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac/> | range = {{unbulleted list|Front Ranges|Canadian Rockies}} | parent_peak = Mount Hector (3394 m) | listing = Mountains of Alberta | country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = Alberta | map = Alberta#Canada | map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada | coordinates = {{coord|51|36|43|N|116|16|27|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=bivouac/> | topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|9}} | rock = Sedimentary rock | age = Cambrian | first_ascent = 1887 James J. McArthur and Tom Riley, Dominion Land Survey<ref name="crdb"/> | easiest_route = Scramble<ref name=Kane1999/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bobspirko.ca/Icefields/MtAndromache/MtAndromache.htm|title = Mount Andromache}}</ref> }}
'''Mount Andromache''' is a {{Convert|3033|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in the Bow River valley of Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. The nearest higher neighbor is Mount Hector, {{convert|4.00|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the south.<ref name=bivouac/> Mount Andromache can be seen from the Icefields Parkway as the road traverses the western base of the peak. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises {{cvt|1,180|m|ft}} above the parkway in {{convert|1.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}. The Molar Glacier is situated on the northeast aspect of the mountain. Precipitation runoff from Mount Andromache drains into tributaries of the Bow River.
==History== The first ascent of the mountain was made in 1887 by James J. McArthur and Tom Riley of the Dominion Land Survey.<ref name=bivouac/> Mount Andromache was named in 1948 by the Alpine Club of Canada for Andromache, who in Greek mythology was the wife of Hector.<ref name="crdb">{{cite crdb|id=34|name=Mount Andromache|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref>
==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Andromache 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 |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | issn = 1027-5606| doi-access = free }}</ref> Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. The months July through September offer the most favorable weather for viewing and climbing this mountain.
==Geology== Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Andromache is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.<ref>{{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>
==Gallery== <div style="max-width: 450px;"> <gallery mode="slideshow"> File:Mount Andromache from Icefields Parkway.jpg|Mt. Andromache File:Mount Andromache and Mount Hector.jpg|Mt. Andromache (left) and Mt. Hector File:Mount Andromache, Bow Lake.jpg|Mount Andromache reflected in Bow Lake </gallery></div>
==See also== *{{Portal-inline|Mountains|size=tiny}} *Geology of Alberta *Geography of Alberta
==References== <references>
<ref name=Kane1999> {{cite book | title=Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies | author=Kane, Alan | chapter = Mount Andromache | publisher=Rocky Mountain Books|location = Calgary | year=1999|isbn=0-921102-67-4|pages=292–293}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Commons category-inline}} * Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/banff Banff National Park] * Climbing Mt. Andromache: [http://bobspirko.ca/Icefields/MtAndromache/MtAndromache.htm Bob Spirko] * Mt. Andromache: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gohogs13/22603019040/in/album-72157660091596049/ Flickr photo] {{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Mount Andromache | North = Watermelon Peak | Northeast = Molar Pass | ENE = Molar Glacier | East = Molar Mountain | Southeast = Molar Creek | South = Mount Hector | Southwest = Pulpit Peak | WSW = Hector Lake | West = Bow Peak | WNW = Crowfoot Mountain | Northwest = Dolomite Peak }} {{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}
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