{{Short description|Mountain on Alberta/British Columbia border in Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Popes Peak | image = Popes Peak from Fairview.jpg | image_caption = Popes Peak centered at top | elevation_m = 3163 | elevation_ref = <ref name=crdb>{{cite crdb|id=1096|name=Pope's Peak|access-date=2007-09-10}}</ref><ref name=opentopomap/> | prominence_m = 81 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=1594|name=Popes Peak|access-date=2009-01-02}}</ref> | range = Bow Range | parent_peak = Collier Peak (3232 m)<ref name=bivouac/> | listing = {{unbulleted list | Mountains of Alberta | Mountains of British Columbia}} | country = Canada | region_type = Provinces | region = {{enum|Alberta|British Columbia}} | part_type = Protected areas | part = {{unbulleted list|Banff National Park|Yoho National Park}} | map = Canada Alberta#Canada British Columbia#Canada | map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada | label_position = right#left | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Popes Peak | coordinates = {{coord|51.40222|-116.29444|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=IABYF|name=Popes Peak (Alberta)|access-date=2021-09-18}}</ref> | topo_map = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|08}}<ref name=cgndb/> | first_ascent = 1903 George Collier, Joseph Collier, Christian Kaufmann<ref name=crdb/><ref name=bivouac/> | easiest_route = North Face III }}
'''Popes Peak''' is a mountain on the border of Alberta and British Columbia in Western Canada, on the Continental Divide of the Americas, part of the Bow Range of the Canadian Rockies between Lake Louise Valley and Cataract Brook, bordering Banff and Yoho national parks.
The peak was named in 1887 after John Henry Pope, a member of the 1st Canadian Parliament.<ref name=bcgnis/> It was initially known as Boundary Peak for the borders running through it, just south of Kicking Horse Pass
The mountain was first climbed in 1903 by George Collier and his brother Joseph, guided by Christian Kaufmann.<ref name=bcgnis>{{cite bcgnis|17732|Popes Peak|2021-09-18}}</ref> __NOTOC__<!-- 2025-02-20 --> ==Geology== Popes Peak is 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== According to the Köppen climate classification, Popes Peak is 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, and wind chill factors below −30 °C.
==Gallery== <div style="max-width: 500px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:Popes Peak.jpg|Popes Peak from Fairview Mountain File:Popes Peak and Mt. Niblock.jpg|North aspect of Popes Peak (center) with Mt. Niblock (left) </gallery></div>
==See also== * List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border * List of mountains in the Canadian Rockies
==References== <references>
<ref name=opentopomap>{{cite opentopomap|Pope's Peak|51.40222|-116.29444|2021-09-18}}</ref>
</references>
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Category:Three-thousanders of Alberta Category:Three-thousanders of British Columbia Category:Bow Range Category:Borders of British Columbia Category:Borders of Alberta Category:Great Divide of North America Category:Mountains of Banff National Park Category:Mountains of Yoho National Park
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