{{short description|Mountain in Alberta, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Kitchener | image = mtkitchener.jpg | image_caption = Mt. Kitchener at dawn from the Icefields Parkway | elevation_m = 3505 | elevation_ref = <ref name=crdb>{{cite crdb|id=735| name=Mount Kitchener |access-date= 2007-08-31}}</ref><ref name=opentopomap/> | prominence_m = 280 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=25|name=Mount Kitchener|access-date=2013-05-17}}</ref> | range = Winston Churchill Range | parent_peak = | listing = Mountains of Alberta | country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = Alberta | map = Canada Alberta | map_caption = Location in Alberta | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Kitchener | coordinates = {{coord|52|12|58|N|117|19|15|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=IABQE|name=Mount Kitchener|access-date=2021-03-31}}</ref> | topo_map = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|83|C|3}}<ref name=cgndb/> | first_ascent = 1927 by Alfred J. Ostheimer, guided by Hans Fuhrer<ref name=crdb/> | easiest_route = rock/snow climb }}
'''Mount Kitchener''' is a mountain located within the Columbia Icefield of Jasper National Park, which is part of the Canadian Rockies. The mountain can be seen from the Icefields Parkway (highway 93) near Sunwapta Pass.
Mt. Kitchener was originally named Mount Douglas by J. Norman Collie after David Douglas. In 1916, the mountain was renamed Mount Kitchener, its present-day name, after Lord Kitchener, who had just been killed in World War I.<ref name=crdb/>
== Climbing == ;Routes * SouthWest Slopes (Normal Route) I * Grand Central Couloir V 5.9 * Ramp Route V 5.8
;Notable ascents * 1975 ''Grand Central Couloir'' (V 5.9 WI5 1050m) by Jeff Lowe and Michael Weis (August 1975)<ref name=AAJ_1976>{{cite aaj | last = Lowe | first = Jeff | author-link = Jeff Lowe | title = Winter Ice Climbing and its Techniques on Kitchener | department = The Cold Dance Review | journal = American Alpine Journal | volume = 20 | issue = 50 | pages = 326–333 | publisher = American Alpine Club | location = New York, NY, USA | year = 1976 | article_id=12197632600 | url-status = | access-date = 2021-03-31}}</ref>
==Mount K2== '''Mount K2''', elevation 3,090m,<ref name=opentopomap/> was named in 1938 by Rex Gibson (former Alpine Club of Canada president), apparently to signify this as a secondary peak of Mount Kitchener.<ref name=crdbK2>{{cite crdb|id=704|title=Mount K2|access-date=2020-11-21}}</ref>
==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Kitchener is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=KGcc2007>{{Cite Köppen-Geiger cc 2007}}</ref> Temperatures can drop below {{Convert|-20|C|F}} with wind chill factors below {{Convert|-30|C|F|abbr=on}}.
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Snow Dome, Forbes, Lyells, Et al from Mt. Kitchener.jpg|View from Mount Kitchener's summit File:Mount Kitchener north face.jpg|Mount Kitchener's north face File:Mt Kitchener Summit from Snow Dome Slopes.jpg|Mount Kitchener Summit from Snow Dome File:The Stutfields (West & East); Mt. Alberta at back.jpg|View to north from Mount Kitchener File:View of Mt. Kitchener and Mount K2.jpg|View of Mount Kitchener and Mount K2 </gallery>
==References== <references> <ref name=opentopomap>{{cite opentopomap|Mount Kitchener|52.21728|-117.32162|2021-03-31}}</ref> </references>
==External links== * {{Commons-inline|Category:Mount Kitchener (Alberta)|Mount Kitchener}} * Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/jasper Jasper National Park] * {{cite peakware|id=415|name=Mount Kitchener}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kitchener}} Category:Three-thousanders of Alberta Category:Winston Churchill Range Category:Mountains of Jasper National Park