{{Short description|Mountain in Alberta, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Invincible | image = Upper Kananaskis Lake with Warspite and Invincible.jpg | image_caption = Warspite (left) and Invincible (right) seen from Upper Kananaskis Lake | elevation_m = 2700 | elevation_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=833|name= Mount Invincible |access-date=2018-12-07}}</ref> | prominence_m = 140 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac/> | range = {{unbulleted list|Spray Mountains<ref name=cgndb/>|Canadian Rockies}} | parent_peak = Mount Warspite (2850&nbsp;m)<ref name=bivouac/> | listing = Mountains of Alberta | country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = Alberta | map = Canada Alberta#Canada | map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada | coordinates = {{coord|50|39|50|N|115|11|27|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id= IALCG |name= Mount Invincible |accessdate=2018-12-07}}</ref> | topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|J|11}}<ref name=cgndb/> | rock = | age = | first_ascent = 1957 by F. Crickard, R. Higgins, Hans Gmoser<ref name="crdb">{{cite crdb|id=681|name=Mount Invincible|access-date=2021-03-30}}</ref> | easiest_route = Scramble }}

'''Mount Invincible''' is a {{Convert|2700|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. The peak is visible from Alberta Highway 40, and the Upper and Lower Kananaskis Lakes area. Mount Invincible's nearest higher peak is Mount Warspite, {{convert|2.6|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the northwest.<ref name=bivouac/>

Like so many of the mountains in Kananaskis Country, Mount Invincible received its name from the persons and ships involved in the 1916 Battle of Jutland, a major sea battle of the First World War.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://albertashistoricplaces.wordpress.com/2016/06/22/the-battle-of-jutland-first-world-war-commemoration-and-alberta-place-names/|title=Battle of Jutland|date=22 June 2016 |publisher=Alberta Historic Places|access-date=2021-03-30}}</ref>

==History== Mount Invincible was named in 1917 to honor {{HMS|Invincible|1907|6}}, a British battlecruiser that sank during the Battle of Jutland in World War I.<ref>{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=71|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada.|location=Ottawa|page=67}}</ref> The mountain's name was made official in 1922 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.<ref name=cgndb/>

The first ascent of the peak was made in 1957 by F. Crickard and R. Higgins, with Hans Gmoser as guide.<ref name="crdb"/>

==Geology== Mount Invincible is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.<ref name=gadd>{{citation|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}</ref>

==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Invincible 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 |issue=5 | pages = 1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P |s2cid=9654551 | issn = 1027-5606|doi-access=free }}</ref> Temperatures can drop below {{cvt|−20|C}} with wind chill factors below {{cvt|−30|C}}. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into the Kananaskis River which is a tributary of the Bow River.

==See also== * List of mountains in the Canadian Rockies

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * Mount Invincible weather: [https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Invincible/forecasts/2700 Mountain Forecast]

{{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Mount Invincible | North = Kananaskis Range | Northeast = Mount Blane | ENE = Mount Wintour | East = Elpoca Mountain | ESE = Gap Mountain | Southeast = Mount Indefatigable | South = Upper Kananaskis Lake<br />Mount Lyautey | Southwest = | WSW = Mount Putnik | West = Mount Beatty | Northwest = Mount Warspite }} {{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Invincible}} Category:Two-thousanders of Alberta Category:Spray Mountains