{{short description|Mountain ridge in Jasper NP, Alberta, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Tangle Ridge | image = Tangle Ridge in Jasper Park.jpg | image_caption = Tangle Ridge seen from the Icefields Parkway | elevation_m = 3001 | elevation_ref = <ref name=otm>{{cite opentopomap|Tangle Ridge|52.299|-117.287|2023-03-26}}</ref><ref name=peakfinder/> | prominence_m = 460 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=10140|name= Tangle Peak |access-date=2018-10-21}}</ref> | range = Canadian Rockies | parent_peak = Nigel Peak (3211&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 = Alberta#Canada | map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Tangle Ridge | coordinates = {{coord|52|18|00|N|117|16|54|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=IAAGL |name= Tangle Ridge |access-date=2018-10-21}}</ref> | topo_maker = NTS | topo_map = {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|83|C|6}}<ref name=cgndb/> | rock = Sedimentary | first_ascent = | easiest_route = Scramble<ref name=Kane1999/> }}

'''Tangle Ridge''' is a {{convert|3,001|m|adj=on}} mountain summit located in Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Tangle Ridge is situated south of Beauty Creek and north of Tangle Creek, in the Sunwapta River valley. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,200&nbsp;metres (3,937&nbsp;ft) above Beauty Creek in {{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on}}. Views from the top of Tangle Ridge provide photographers with an opportunity to capture the peaks surrounding the Columbia Icefield, some of which, such as Mount Columbia and Mount Alberta, are otherwise hidden from view along the Icefields Parkway. __NOTOC__ ==History== The mountain was named by Mary Schäffer in 1907 for the difficulty that climbers had descending down Tangle Creek from the ridge.<ref name=peakfinder/> The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1935 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.<ref name=cgndb/>

==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Tangle Ridge 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. |name-list-style=amp | 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 {{cvt|-20|C}} with wind chill factors below {{cvt|-30|C}}. Weather conditions during winter make Tangle Ridge one of the better places in the Rockies for ice climbing. Precipitation runoff from Tangle Ridge drains into the Sunwapta River which is a tributary of the Athabasca River.

==Geology== Tangle Ridge 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 web|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008|url=http://www.bengadd.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Geology-of-the-Rockies-and-Columbias-plus-time-scale-2014.pdf}}</ref>

==Ice Climbing Routes== Ice Climbing Routes with grades on Tangle Ridge:

* ''Shades of Beauty'' – WI4<ref>[https://www.summitpost.org/shades-of-beauty-iii-wi-4/199974 Shades of Beauty] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022113253/https://www.summitpost.org/shades-of-beauty-iii-wi-4/199974 |date=2018-10-22 }} SummitPost</ref> * ''Tangle Falls'' – WI2-3<ref>[https://www.mountainproject.com/route/107906295/tangle-falls Tangle Falls] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022153205/https://www.mountainproject.com/route/107906295/tangle-falls |date=2018-10-22 }} Mountain Project</ref> * ''The Stage'' – WI3-4<ref>[https://www.mountainproject.com/route/107906178/the-stage The Stage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022153249/https://www.mountainproject.com/route/107906178/the-stage |date=2018-10-22 }} Mountain Project</ref> * ''The Wings'' – WI3-4<ref>[https://www.mountainproject.com/route/107906281/the-wings The Wings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022153211/https://www.mountainproject.com/route/107906281/the-wings |date=2018-10-22 }} Mountain Project</ref> * ''Curtain Call'' – WI6<ref>[https://www.mountainproject.com/route/107261987/curtain-call Curtain Call] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022113306/https://www.mountainproject.com/route/107261987/curtain-call |date=2018-10-22 }} Mountain Project</ref> * ''Cyber Pasty Memorial'' – WI5+<ref>[https://www.mountainproject.com/route/110078399/cyber-pasty-memorial Cyber Pasty Memorial] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022153203/https://www.mountainproject.com/route/110078399/cyber-pasty-memorial |date=2018-10-22 }} Mountain Project</ref> * ''Melt Out'' – WI3<ref>[https://www.mountainproject.com/route/107906287/melt-out Melt Out] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022153224/https://www.mountainproject.com/route/107906287/melt-out |date=2018-10-22 }} Mountain Project</ref> * ''Rick Blak Memorial Route'' – WI5<ref>[https://www.summitpost.org/rick-blak-memorial-route/383815 Rick Blak Memorial Route] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022153200/https://www.summitpost.org/rick-blak-memorial-route/383815 |date=2018-10-22 }} SummitPost</ref>

==Tangle Falls== Tangle Falls is a multi-tiered cascade that might be the most often photographed waterfall alongside the Icefields Parkway because of its easy access.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/waterfall/Tangle-Falls-2748|title=Tangle Falls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022113257/https://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/waterfall/Tangle-Falls-2748 |archive-date=2018-10-22|publisher=World Waterfall Database}}</ref> Height: {{convert|30|m|ft}} Width: {{convert|12|m|ft}} Coordinates: N 52° 16.035 W 117° 17.197<ref>[http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCC8T_Tangle_Creek_Falls_Jasper_Natl_Park_Alberta_Canada Tangle Falls] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022153315/http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCC8T_Tangle_Creek_Falls_Jasper_Natl_Park_Alberta_Canada |date=2018-10-22 }} Waymarking</ref>

==Gallery== <div style="max-width: 480px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:View looking south from Tangle Ridge.jpg|View looking south from Tangle Ridge File:Icefields Parkway, Alberta (5809323944).jpg|Tangle Ridge (left), Mt. Kitchener (right) and Sunwapta River as seen from the Icefields Parkway File:Tangle Ridge - Jasper National Park.jpg|Northwest aspect of Tangle Ridge from Icefields Parkway File:Tangle Ridge.jpg|Tangle Ridge and Sunwapta River File:Tangle Ridge from south.jpg|Tangle Ridge from the south File:Tangle Ridge 2.jpg|North aspect from Sunwapta Peak File:Tangle Ridge 0.jpg|North face File:TangleFallsAB.jpg|Tangle Falls in winter File:Icefields Pkwy (53237535094).jpg|Tangle Ridge and Sunwapta River </gallery> </div>

==See also== *List of mountains of Canada *Geography of Alberta

==References== <references>

<ref name=Kane1999> {{cite book | title=Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies | author=Kane, Alan | chapter = Tangle Ridge | publisher=Rocky Mountain Books|location = Calgary | year=1999|isbn=0-921102-67-4|page=311}}</ref> <ref name=peakfinder>{{cite peakfinder|id=1365|name=Tangle Ridge|access-date=2019-06-08}}</ref>

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==External links== * Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6161502/Canada/Alberta/Tangle%20Ridge Tangle Ridge] * Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/jasper Jasper National Park] {{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Tangle Ridge | North = Sunwapta Peak | Northeast = Beauty Creek | East = White Goat Wilderness Area | ESE = Tangle Creek | Southeast = Nigel Peak | South = Mount Kitchener | Southwest = Stutfield Peak | WSW = Mount Cromwell | West = Mount Woolley | WNW = Diadem Peak | Northwest = Mushroom Peak }} {{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}

Category:Three-thousanders of Alberta Category:Mountains of Jasper National Park Category:Ridges of Alberta Category:Queen Elizabeth Ranges