{{Short description|Mountain in the country of Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Sarrail | image = Mount Sarrail from Upper Kananaskis lake Alberta winter 2017.jpg | image_caption = Mount Sarrail seen from the north | elevation_m = 3170 | elevation_ref = <ref name=peakfinder>{{cite peakfinder|id=1213|name=Mount Sarrail|access-date=2021-11-07}}</ref><ref name=opentopo/> | prominence_m = 269 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=72|name= Mount Sarrail |access-date=2018-11-08}}</ref> | range = Park Ranges<br/>Canadian Rockies | parent_peak = Mount Foch (3194 m)<ref name=bivouac/> | listing = Mountains of Alberta | country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = Alberta | map = Alberta#Canada | map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Sarrail | coordinates = {{coord|50|34|49|N|115|10|00|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id= IAHEB |name= Mount Sarrail |access-date=2018-12-14}}</ref> | topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|J|11}}<ref name=cgndb/> | rock = Limestone | age = Cambrian | first_ascent = 1930 Katie Gardiner, Walter Feuz<ref name=bivouac/> | easiest_route = Easy/Moderate Scramble<ref name=Kane2016/> }}
'''Mount Sarrail''' is a {{Convert|3159|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in Kananaskis Country in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Mount Sarrail is situated 1.0 kilometre north of the Continental Divide, within Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Foch, {{convert|1.0|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the southeast.<ref name=bivouac/> Mount Sarrail can be seen from Upper Kananaskis Lake and Alberta Highway 40.
==History== The mountain was named in 1918 for General Maurice Sarrail (1856–1929), the commander of the French Third Army in World War I.<ref name=bivouac/><ref>{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=117|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=113}}</ref><ref name=peakfinder/>
The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.<ref name=cgndb/>
The first ascent of the mountain was made in 1930 by Kate (Katie) Gardiner and Walter Feuz.<ref name=bivouac/> The duo also made the first ascents of nearby Mount Foch and Mount Lyautey that same year.<ref>{{cite peakfinder|id=492|name=Mount Foch|access-date=2021-11-07}}</ref>
==Geology== Mount Sarrail 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 Sarrail 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. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}}</ref> Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. In terms of favorable weather, June through September are the best months to climb Mount Sarrail. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Kananaskis River.
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Upper Kananaskis with Mount Sarrail.jpg|Upper Kananaski Lake with Mount Sarrail to right File:Kananaskis Lakes aerial view of Mount Sarrail.jpg|Aerial view of Foch and Sarrail with the Kananaskis Lakes File:Upper Kananaskis Lake winter 2017.jpg|Mount Sarrail in winter File:Upper Kananaskis Lake Mount Sarrail.jpg|Mount Sarrail File:A Fall trip to Rawson Lake Alberta Canada (30349802816).jpg|Mount Sarrail seen from Rawson Lake </gallery>
==See also== *Geography of Alberta
==References== <references>
<ref name=Kane2016> {{cite book | title=Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies | author=Kane, Alan | chapter = Mount Sarrail | publisher=Rocky Mountain Books. Kindle Edition.|location = Calgary | year=2016|edition=3rd|isbn=978-1-77160-098-9}}</ref> <ref name=opentopo> {{cite web | url = https://opentopomap.org/#map=13/50.58030/-115.16670 | title = Topographic map of Mount Sarrail | website = opentopomap.org | access-date=2021-11-07}}</ref>
</references>
==External links== * Mount Sarrail weather: [https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Foch/forecasts/3194 Mountain Forecast] * Scrambling Mount Sarrail: [https://www.explor8ion.com/2006/09/05/sarrail-mount/ Explor8ion.com]
{{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Mount Sarrail | North = Mount Indefatigable<br />Upper Kananaskis Lake | Northeast = Opal Range | East = The Turret | ESE = Mount Fox | Southeast = Mount Foch | South = Continental Divide | Southwest = Mount Marlborough | West = Mount Northover | Northwest = Mount Lyautey }} {{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarrail}} Category:Three-thousanders of Alberta Category:Park Ranges Category:Alberta's Rockies