{{Short description|Mountain in Alberta, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Nigel Peak | image = Inukshuk, Nigel Peak.jpg | image_caption = West aspect (with inukshuk) | elevation_m = 3211 | elevation_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=437|name= Nigel Peak |access-date=2018-10-16}}</ref> | prominence_m = 611 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac/> | range = Canadian Rockies | parent_peak = Sunwapta Peak (3,315 m)<ref name=bivouac/> | listing = Mountains of Alberta | etymology = Nigel Vavasour | location = Alberta, Canada | map = Alberta#Canada | map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Nigel Peak | coordinates = {{coord|52|14|22|N|117|10|18|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=IANPQ |name= Nigel Peak |accessdate=2018-10-16}}</ref> | topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|83|C|3}}<ref name=cgndb/> | rock = Sedimentary | first_ascent = 1919 by Interprovincial Boundary Commission<ref name=crdb>{{cite crdb|id=963|name=Nigel Peak|access-date=2019-09-21}}</ref> | easiest_route = Scrambling<ref name=Kane1999/> }}
'''Nigel Peak''' is a {{Convert|3211|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located on the shared border of Banff National Park and Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Nigel has two peaks, the north summit is the highest point. The nearest higher peak is Mount Athabasca, {{convert|6.4|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the south-southwest.<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger|27276|Nigel Peak, Alberta|access-date=2019-09-21}}</ref> Nigel Peak is situated immediately north of Sunwapta Pass and can be seen from the Icefields Parkway and from Athabasca Glacier. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises {{convert|1100|m|ft|0}} above the parkway in two kilometres (1.2 mile). __NOTOC__ ==History== Nigel Vavasour was a packer who accompanied J. Norman Collie and Hugh Stutfield to the Columbia Icefield area in 1897. The mountain was named by the mountaineers during an 1898 sheep hunt with Nigel.<ref name=crdb/> The mountain's toponym was officially adopted March 5, 1935, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.<ref name=cgndb/> The first ascent of the mountain was made in 1919 by the Interprovincial Boundary Commission.
==Geology== Like other mountains in Banff Park, Nigel Peak is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from 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, Nigel Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone 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 |issue=5 | pages = 1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | issn = 1027-5606}}</ref> Winter temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Nigel Peak drains south into the North Saskatchewan River, and north into the Sunwapta River which is a tributary of the Athabasca River.
==Gallery== <div style="max-width: 400px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:Nigel Peak from west at Athabasca Glacier.jpg|Nigel Peak from west File:Athabasca region.jpg|The southeast secondary summit File:Nigel Peak from Athabasca Glacier area.jpg|West aspect File:Nigel Peak in Alberta.jpg File:Nigel Peak, west.jpg|West aspect </gallery></div>
==See also== *List of mountains of Canada *Geology of the Rocky Mountains * {{Portal-inline|Mountains|size=tiny}}
==References== <references>
<ref name=Kane1999> {{cite book | title=Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies | author=Kane, Alan | chapter = Nigel Peak | publisher=Rocky Mountain Books|location = Calgary | year=1999|isbn=0-921102-67-4|pages=307–308}}</ref>
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==External links== * Nigel Peak [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6088211/Canada/Alberta/Nigel%20Peak Weather forecast] * Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/jasper Jasper National Park] * Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/banff Banff National Park] * Nigel Peak from Tangle Ridge: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/markostavric/8053561652/in/album-72157631693299179/ Flickr photo]
{{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Nigel Peak | North = Sunwapta Peak | Northeast = | East = White Goat Wilderness Area | Southeast = Sunwapta Pass | South = Hilda Peak | Southwest = Mount Athabasca | WSW = Snow Dome | West = Mount Kitchener | WNW = Mount Cromwell | Northwest = Tangle Ridge }} {{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}
Category:Three-thousanders of Alberta Category:Mountains of Banff National Park Category:Mountains of Jasper National Park Category:Queen Elizabeth Ranges