{{short description|Mountain peak in Banff NP, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Watermelon Peak | image = Watermelon Peak from Molar Pass.jpg | image_caption = Watermelon Peak seen from Molar Pass with summit to right of centre and outlier S2 to left | elevation_m = 3095 | elevation_ref = <ref name=otm>{{cite opentopomap|Watermelon Peak|51.71556|-116.34306|2022-02-26}}</ref> | prominence_m = 674 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=8927|name= Watermelon Peak|access-date=2019-01-10}}</ref> | range = Canadian Rockies | parent_peak = Deluc Peak (3182&nbsp;m)<ref name=bivouac/> | listing = Mountains of Alberta | country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = Alberta | part_type = Protected&nbsp;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 Watermelon Peak <!-- Peak not found in CGNDB 2022-02-26 --> | coordinates = {{coord|51|42|56|N|116|20|35|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=bivouac/> | topo_map = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|09}} | rock = | age = Cambrian | first_ascent = 1966 D. Michael, W.V.G. Matthews, W.L. Putnam, M. Stearns, L.R. Wallace<ref name=peakfinder>{{cite peakfinder|id=1499|name=Watermelon Peak|access-date=2019-09-08}}</ref> | easiest_route = Scrambling YDS 3<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.explor8ion.com/scramble/watermelon.html|title=Watermelon Peak|website=explor8ion.com|access-date=2019-09-08}}</ref> }}

'''Watermelon Peak''' is a {{Convert|3095|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} summit located in Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Deluc Peak, {{convert|13.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the east.<ref name=bivouac/> __NOTOC__ ==History== Watermelon Peak was named in 1966 by William L. Putnam, member of the first ascent party, which carried a four-kilogram watermelon to the summit, and consumed it there.<ref name=CMPN2006/> The July 1966 first ascent party included David Michael, W.V.G. Matthews, William L. Putnam, M. Stearns, and L.R. Wallace.<ref name=peakfinder/> However, the name is not officially recognized by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.<ref group=Notes>The peak is not listed in the Canadian Geographical Names Database.</ref>

==Geology== Like other mountains in Banff Park, Watermelon 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, Watermelon 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| url = https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00298818/file/hessd-4-439-2007.pdf }}</ref> Winter temperatures can drop below −20&nbsp;°C with wind-chill factors below −30&nbsp;°C. Precipitation runoff from Watermelon Peak drains into the Bow River and Siffleur River which are both tributaries of the Saskatchewan River.

==See also== *List of mountains in the Canadian Rockies *Geography of Alberta *Geology of the Rocky Mountains

==Gallery== <div style="max-width: 500px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:Watermelon Peak in Banff NP.jpg|Watermelon Peak's southern outlier, S2 (2929 m), seen from Icefields Parkway File:Watermelon S2.jpg|Southeast aspect of Watermelon S2 (right) and Dolomite Peak (left). </gallery></div>

==References== <references>

<ref name=CMPN2006> {{cite book | title = Canadian Mountain Place Names: The Rockies and Columbia Mountains | author1 = Boles, Glen W. | author2 = Putnam, William Lowell | author3 = Laurilla, Roger W. | date = 2006 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/canadianmountain0000bole/page/265 265-266] | publisher = Rocky Mountain Books | isbn = 9781894765794 | url = https://archive.org/details/canadianmountain0000bole/page/265 }}</ref>

</references> ;Notes {{reflist|group=Notes}}

==External links== * Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/banff Banff National Park] * Climbing Watermelon Peak: [http://goldenscrambles.ca/summits/watermelon/watermelon.html Golden Scrambles]

{{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Watermelon Peak | North = Siffleur River | Northeast = Mount Willingdon | ENE = | East = Devon Mountain | ESE = | Southeast = Pipestone Pass | South = Mosquito Creek | Southwest = Dolomite Peak | WSW = Dolomite Pass | West = Cirque Peak | WNW = | Northwest = Observation Peak }} {{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}

Category:Three-thousanders of Alberta Category:Mountains of Banff National Park Category:Alberta's Rockies Category:Continental Ranges