{{short description|Mountain in Banff NP, Alberta, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Howard Douglas | image = Mount Howard Douglas.jpg | image_caption = Mount Howard Douglas seen from the west | elevation_m = 2877 | elevation_ref = <ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger|4664|Mount Howard Douglas, Alberta|accessdate=2019-09-24}}</ref> | prominence_m = 632 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=1551|title=Mount Howard Douglas|accessdate=2019-09-24}}</ref> | range = Canadian Rockies | listing = Mountains of Alberta | location = Banff National Park<br />Alberta, Canada | map = Alberta#Canada | map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada | map_size = 260 | label_position = right | coordinates = {{coord|51|05|05|N|115|43|49|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=IAKXV|name=Mount Howard Douglas|accessdate=2019-03-27}}</ref> | topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|O|4}} | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}
'''Mount Howard Douglas''' is a {{Convert|2877|m|ft|lk=off|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located immediately east of the Banff Sunshine ski resort in Banff National Park of Alberta, Canada. It was named for Howard Douglas (1850-1929), a park superintendent credited with greatly expanding its size.<ref name="pf">{{cite peakfinder|id=655|name=Mount Howard Douglas|access-date=2019-09-24}}</ref> The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1958 when approved by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.<ref name=cgndb/> Its nearest higher peak is Mount Bourgeau, {{convert|4.55|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the north-northwest.<ref name="pb"/> __NOTOC__ ==Geology== Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Howard Douglas is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from 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>
==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Howard Douglas is located in a subarctic climate zone 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 runoff from Mount Howard Douglas drains into tributaries of the Bow River.
==Gallery== <gallery> Canadian Rockies, Mount Howard Douglas.jpg|Mount Howard Douglas Eagle Mountain and Mount Howard Douglas.jpg|Eagle Mountain (left) and Mt. Howard Douglas </gallery>
==See also== *Geography of Alberta
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==External links== * Weather: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6081213/Canada/Alberta/Mount%20Howard%20Douglas Mount Howard Douglas] * Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/banff Banff National Park]
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