Mount Daly | |
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![]() Mount Daly and Bath Glacier | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,148 m (10,328 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 408 m (1,339 ft)[2] |
Listing | Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia |
Coordinates | 51°31′07″N 116°23′44″W / 51.51861°N 116.39556°W[3] |
Geography | |
Location | Alberta British Columbia |
Parent range | Park Ranges |
Topo map | NTS 82N9 Hector Lake[3] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1903 J.H Batcheller, C.E. Fay, E. Tewes, C. Bohren, C. Hasler Sr. |
Mount Daly is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1898 by Charles E. Fay after Charles P. Daly, a geographer.[1][2][4] Mount Niles is located two km southwest of Daly.
Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Daly is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[5] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[6]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Daly is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.