{{short description|Mountain in Banff NP, Alberta, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Byng | image = Mount Byng from Wonder Pass.jpg | image_caption = Mount Byng from Wonder Pass | elevation_m = 2940 | elevation_ref = <ref name=crdb/><ref>{{cite map|title=Banff & Mount Assiniboine|year=1997|publisher=Gem Trek Publishing}}</ref> | prominence_m = 510 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=1472|name= Mount Byng |access-date=2018-12-27}}</ref> | isolation_km = 6.57 | isolation_ref= <ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger|4675|Mount Byng, Alberta|access-date=2022-12-10}}</ref> | range = {{ubl|Blue Range<ref name=cgndb/><ref name=bivouac/>|Canadian Rockies}} | parent_peak = Mount Alcantara (3029&nbsp;m)<ref name=bivouac/> | listing = Mountains of Alberta | country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = Alberta | part_type = Protected&nbsp;area | part = Banff National Park<ref>NTS map sheet 82J13</ref> | map = Canada Alberta#Canada | map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada | coordinates = {{coord|50|49|43|N|115|31|33|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id= IAKGB |name= Mount Byng |access-date=2018-12-28}}</ref> | topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|J|13}}<ref name=cgndb/> | rock = Sedimentary rock | age = Cambrian | first_ascent = 1934, H.S. Crosby, Rudolph Aemmer<ref name=crdb/> | easiest_route = Scramble{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} }}

'''Mount Byng''' is a {{Convert|2940|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in the upper Spray River Valley of southern Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.<ref name=cgndb/> It is the second-highest point in the Blue Range.<ref name="pb"/> Mount Byng's nearest higher peak is Mount Alcantara, {{convert|6.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the west-southwest.<ref name=bivouac/> The majestic Mount Assiniboine is situated {{cvt|10|km}} to the northwest of Byng.<ref name=cgndb/> __NOTOC__<!-- 2025-03-27 --> ==History== Mount Byng was named in 1918 for Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, a British Field Marshal who served during the First World War where he commanded the Canadian Corps, and later served as Governor General of Canada.<ref name=pna>{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=31|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=27}}</ref>

The mountain's name was made official in 1928 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.<ref name=cgndb/>

The first ascent was made in 1934 by H.S. Crosby, with guide Rudolph Aemmer.<ref name=crdb>{{cite crdb|id=200|name=Mount Byng|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref>

==Geology== Mount Byng is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods and was later 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>

==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Byng 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. |name-list-style=amp | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}}</ref> Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. In terms of favorable weather, June through September are the best months to climb. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Owl Creek and Currie Creek, which empty into the Spray Lakes Reservoir.

==See also== * Geography of Alberta

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * National Park Service web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/banff Banff National Park]

{{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Mount Byng | North = Marvel Peak, Owl Lake | Northeast = Mount Turner | ENE = Spray Lakes Reservoir | East = Mount Shark | ESE = Spray River | Southeast = Mount Currie | South = Red Man Mountain | Southwest = Mount Alcantara | WSW = Continental Divide | West = Aurora Mountain | WNW = Mount Gloria | Northwest = Mount Assiniboine }} {{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}

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