Snow Dome (Canada)

Snow Dome is a mountain located on the Continental Divide in the Columbia Icefield, where the boundary of Banff National Park and Jasper National Park meets the border of Alberta and British Columbia in Canada.^[3] The summit's elevation is 3,456 m (11,339 ft).

Snow Dome
Snow Dome and Dome Glacier seen from the Icefields Parkway
Highest point
Elevation	3,456 m (11,339 ft)[1]
Prominence	171 m (561 ft)[2]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	52°11′13″N 117°19′01″W[2]
Geography
Snow Dome Alberta-British Columbia, Canada Show map of Alberta Snow Dome Snow Dome (British Columbia) Show map of British Columbia
Parent range	Winston Churchill Range
Topo map	NTS 83C3 Columbia Icefield
Climbing
First ascent	1898 by J. Norman Collie, Hugh Stutfield, Herman Woolley[1]
Easiest route	snow/glacier climb

The mountain was named in 1898 by J. Norman Collie because its permanently snow and ice-capped massif resembles a dome.^[1]

The mountain is one of two hydrological apexes of North America; it is a major triple divide between three great drainage basins. Water falling on Snow Dome's summit may flow into streams that drain into the Pacific Ocean (via the Bush River and the Columbia River), the Arctic Ocean (via the Athabasca River), and Hudson Bay (via the North Saskatchewan River). The Dome Glacier flows to the north-east, the Stutfield Glacier to the north-west, the Columbia Glacier to the west and Athabasca Glacier flows to the east of the mountain. The other apex is Triple Divide Peak in Glacier National Park, Montana, United States.

A map of North American drainage basins/divides. Snow Dome is noted at the juncture of the Great (red) and Arctic (blue) divides.

References

1. "Snow Dome". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
2. "Snow Dome". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
3. "Canada National Parks Act (S.C. 2000, c. 32)" (PDF). Schedule 1 - National Parks of Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2021-03-21.

External links

• "Snow Dome". BC Geographical Names.

Snow Dome seen from Icefields Parkway