{{short description|Mountain peak in Banff NP, Alberta, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Pulpit Peak | image = Pulpit Peak and East Shoulder.jpg | image_caption = Pulpit Peak & N. Shoulder from Icefields Parkway | elevation_m = 2720 | elevation_ref = <ref name=bivouac/> | prominence_m = 140 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=1682|name=Pulpit Peak|access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref> | range = Waputik Range<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger|36351|Pulpit Peak, Alberta|access-date=2019-09-21}}</ref><br/>Canadian Rockies | parent_peak = Lilliput Mountain (2925 m)<ref name=bivouac/> | listing = Mountains of Alberta | country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = Alberta | part_type = Protected area | part = Banff National Park | map = Alberta#Canada | map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Pulpit Peak | coordinates = {{coord|51|34|05|N|116|22|05|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=IADQQ|name=Pulpit Peak|access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref> | topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|9}}<ref name=cgndb/> | rock = Sedimentary | age = Cambrian | first_ascent = | easiest_route = Scramble }}
'''Pulpit Peak''' is a {{Convert|2720|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located one km south of Hector Lake in Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Lilliput Mountain, {{convert|3.6|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the southwest.<ref name=bivouac/> Pulpit Peak is situated east of the Waputik Icefield, and is a member of the Waputik Mountains. Pulpit Peak can be seen from the Icefields Parkway towering {{convert|900|m|ft|-1}} above Hector Lake.
==History== Pulpit Peak was named in 1898 by Charles Sproull Thompson (1869–1921), who participated in numerous first ascents in the Canadian Rockies.<ref>{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=109|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=105}}</ref> He believed the peak resembled a pulpit in a church.<ref name=peakfinder>{{cite peakfinder|id=1124|name=Pulpit Peak|access-date=2019-09-21}}</ref> The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.<ref name=cgndb/>
==Geology== Like other mountains in Banff Park, Pulpit 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== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Pulpit 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> Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Pulpit Peak drains into the Bow River which is a tributary of the Saskatchewan River.
==Gallery== <gallery> Pulpit Peak above Hector Lake.jpg|Pulpit Peak seen from Icefields Parkway at Hector Lake Icefields Parkway - Pulpit Peak.jpg|Pulpit Peak seen from Icefields Parkway at Hector Lake </gallery>
==See also== *Geography of Alberta
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/banff Banff National Park] * Pulpit Peak photo: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/24693457@N05/22905477985/in/album-72157621775709191/ Flickr]
{{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Pulpit Peak | North = Hector Lake | Northeast = Mount Andromache | ENE = Icefields Parkway | East = Mount Hector | Southeast = Bow River | South = Continental Divide | Southwest = Lilliput Mountain | WSW = Waputik Icefield | West = Mount Balfour | Northwest = Crowfoot Mountain }} {{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}
Category:Two-thousanders of Alberta Category:Mountains of Banff National Park Category:Waputik Range