{{Short description|Mountain peak in Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name= Mount Perren | image= Mount Perren.jpg | image_caption= Mount Perren | elevation_m= 3051 | elevation_ref=<ref name=crdb>{{cite crdb|id= 1060|name=Mount Perren (Ten Peaks)|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref><ref name=opentopo/> | prominence_m= 113 | prominence_ref=<ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id==1573|name=Mount Perren|access-date= 2019-09-15}}</ref> | range= Bow Range | parent_peak=Mount Allen (3310 m)<ref name=bivouac/> | listing = {{unbulleted list | Mountains of Alberta | Mountains of British Columbia}} | country= Canada | subdivision1_type= Provinces | subdivision1= {{enum|Alberta|British Columbia}} | part_type = Protected areas | part = {{unbulleted list|Banff National Park|Kootenay National Park}} | map= Canada Alberta#Canada British Columbia#Canada | map_caption= Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada | map_size= 200 | label_position= right#left | coordinates= {{coord|51.29638|-116.20888|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref= <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=IAQKX|name=Mount Perren (Alberta)|access-date=2021-09-14}}</ref> | topo_map= NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|8}}<ref name=cgndb/> | first_ascent= 1927 H.F. Ulrichs<ref name=crdb/><ref name=bivouac/> | easiest_route= }}
'''Mount Perren''' is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1968 after Walter Perren, a Swiss climbing guide and Parks Canada service warden.<ref name=crdb/><ref name=bivouac/> The peak forms part of the backdrop to Moraine Lake in the Valley of the Ten Peaks of Banff National Park. __NOTOC__ ==Geology== The mountains in Banff Park are composed of sedimentary rock laid down during 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, the mountain has a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=KGcc2007>{{Cite Köppen-Geiger cc 2007}}</ref> Temperatures can drop below -20 C with wind chill factors below -30 C in the winter.
==Gallery== <gallery> Moraine Lake Sunrise (7960461442).jpg|Moraine Lake with Mount Perren centered </gallery>
==Further reading== * Dave Birrell, '''[https://books.google.com/books?id=OaB-yf_MJXMC&dq=%22Mount+Perren%22&pg=PA87 50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies]''', P 87 * '''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ANsdpA3E8wsC&dq=%22Mount+Perren%22&pg=PA279 Western Canada]''', P 279
==See also== * List of peaks on the British Columbia–Alberta border
==References== <references>
<ref name=opentopo> {{cite opentopomap | lat=51.29638|long=-116.20888 | name = Mount Perren | access-date=2021-09-14}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{cite bcgnis|id=40341|name=Mount Perren}} * Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/banff Banff National Park]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Perren}} Category:Three-thousanders of Alberta Category:Three-thousanders of British Columbia Category:Mountains of Banff National Park Category:Mountains of Kootenay National Park Category:Bow Range