# Mount Perren

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{{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](/source/Bow_Range)
| parent_peak=[Mount Allen](/source/Mount_Allen_(Bow_Range)) (3310&nbsp;m)<ref name=bivouac/>
| listing = {{unbulleted list
| [Mountains of Alberta](/source/List_of_mountains_of_Alberta)
| [Mountains of British Columbia](/source/List_of_mountains_of_British_Columbia)}}
| country= [Canada](/source/Canada)
| subdivision1_type= Provinces
| subdivision1= {{enum|[Alberta](/source/Alberta)|[British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia)}}
| part_type = Protected&nbsp;areas
| part = {{unbulleted list|[Banff National Park](/source/Banff_National_Park)|[Kootenay National Park](/source/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](/source/National_Topographic_System) {{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](/source/Alberta) and [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia) on the [Continental Divide](/source/Continental_Divide_of_the_Americas). 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](/source/Moraine_Lake) in the [Valley of the Ten Peaks](/source/Valley_of_the_Ten_Peaks) of [Banff National Park](/source/Banff_National_Park).
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==Geology==
The mountains in Banff Park are composed of [sedimentary rock](/source/sedimentary_rock) laid down during the [Precambrian](/source/Precambrian) to [Jurassic](/source/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](/source/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](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification), the mountain has a [subarctic climate](/source/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](/source/List_of_peaks_on_the_British_Columbia%E2%80%93Alberta_border)

==References==
<references>

<ref name=opentopo>
  {{cite opentopomap | lat=51.29638|long=-116.20888 | name = Mount Perren | access-date=2021-09-14}}</ref>

</references>

==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]

{{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}

{{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

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