Mount Ishbel
Mount Ishbel
Highest point
Elevation	2,908 m (9,541 ft)[1][2]
Prominence	431 m (1,414 ft)[3]
Parent peak	Mystic Peak (2,960 m)[4]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates	51°15′56″N 115°46′31″W / 51.26556°N 115.77528°W / 51.26556; -115.77528[5]
Geography
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Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Protected area	Banff National Park
Parent range	Sawback Range Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 82O5 Castle Mountain[5]
Climbing
First ascent	1933 J. Packer, D. Day, V. Waters, J. Farish, W. Innes, L. DeCouteur, J. Sterlling, guided by Lawrence Grassi[1]

Mount Ishbel is a mountain peak in Banff National Park of Alberta, Canada. The peak is located in the Sawback Range in Alberta's Rockies,^[1][3] north of the Bow Valley Parkway and east of Johnston Canyon.

It was named in 1956 after Ishbel MacDonald, the eldest daughter of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain. It gives the name to the Ishbel Group, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. The peak is the subject of Group of Seven member Lawren Harris's painting Mountain Forms.^[6]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Ishbel is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.^[7] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, the mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.^[8]

Gallery

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  Mount Ishbel

See also

• Geology of the Rocky Mountains
• Geography of Alberta

References

External links

• Parks Canada web site: Banff National Park