{{Short description|Mountain in the country of Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Tekarra | image = Mount Tekarra Maligne Range.jpg | image_caption = Mount Tekarra | elevation_m = 2694 | elevation_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=4660|name= Mount Tekarra|access-date=2019-02-02}}</ref> | prominence_m = 279 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac/> | range = Maligne Range<br />Canadian Rockies | parent_peak = The Watchtower (2791 &nbsp;m)<ref name=bivouac/> | listing = Mountains of Alberta | country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = Alberta | part_type = Protected&nbsp;area | part = Jasper National Park | map = Canada Alberta#Canada | map_caption = Location in Alberta | label_position = right | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Tekarra | coordinates = {{coord|52|50|30|N|117|56|22|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=IALDV|name=Mount Tekarra|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> | topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|83|C|13}}<ref name=cgndb/> | rock = Sedimentary rock | age = Cambrian | first_ascent = 1915 by Morrison Bridgland<ref name="crdb"/> | easiest_route = Scramble }}

'''Mount Tekarra''' is a {{convert|2694|m|ft|0|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in the Athabasca River valley of Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It is situated at the northwest end of the Maligne Range and is visible from Jasper and the Icefields Parkway.<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger|4535|Mount Tekarra, Alberta}}</ref> The nearest higher neighbor is The Watchtower, {{convert|7.0|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the east.<ref name=bivouac/> __NOTOC__ ==History==

The mountain was named by James Hector in 1859 for '''Tekarra''', an Iroquois guide and hunter who accompanied Hector during his exploration of the Athabasca River during the Palliser Expedition.<ref name="crdb">{{cite crdb|id=1375|name=Mount Tekarra|access-date=2021-03-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=128|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=124}}</ref>

The first ascent of Mount Tekarra was made in 1915 by Morrison P. Bridgland (1878-1948), a Dominion Land Surveyor who named many peaks in Jasper Park and the Canadian Rockies.<ref name="crdb"/><ref name=MacLaren>{{MacLaren-Mapper of Mountains}}</ref> The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1947 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.<ref name=cgndb/>

==Geology== Mount Tekarra is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Cambrian period and 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 Tekarra is located in a subarctic climate zone with long, 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> Winter temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Mount Tekarra drains into the Maligne River and Tekarra Creek, both tributaries of the Athabasca River.

==Gallery== <div style="max-width: 500px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:Mount Tekarra from ski area.jpg|Mt. Tekarra from Marmot Basin Ski Resort File:Mount Tekarra from The Whistlers.jpg|Mt. Tekarra from The Whistlers File:Mt. Tekarra.jpg|Mt. Tekarra from the Athabasca Valley File:Mount Tekarra in January.jpg|Mt. Tekarra in January File:Mount Tekarra, Canadian Rocky Mountains.jpg|Southeast aspect File:.Mount Tekarra.jpg|Mt. Tekarra as seen from Roche Bonhomme summit </gallery> </div>

==See also== * Geography of Alberta

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/jasper Jasper National Park] * Mount Tekarra: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6082942/Canada/Alberta/Mount%20Tekarra weather forecast]

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