Neptuak Mountain

Neptuak Mountain was named by Samuel E.S. Allen in 1894. "Neptuak" is the Stoney Indian word for "nine" as Neptuak Mountain is peak #9 in the Valley of the Ten Peaks. It is located on the Continental Divide, which is also the British Columbia-Alberta border in this region, and is in the Bow Range of the Park Ranges of the Canadian Rockies.^[1][3] The summit is a tripoint for Banff National Park, Kootenay National Park, and Yoho National Park, where the three parks share a common border.

Neptuak Mountain
Highest point
Elevation	3,233 m (10,607 ft)[1][2]
Prominence	151 m (495 ft)[3]
Parent peak	Deltaform Mountain (3424 m)[3]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	51°18′29″N 116°15′28″W[4]
Geography
Neptuak Mountain Location on B.C. and Alberta border Show map of Alberta Neptuak Mountain Neptuak Mountain (British Columbia) Show map of British Columbia
Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
Parent range	Bow Range
Topo map	NTS 82N8 Lake Louise[4]
Climbing
First ascent	1902 J. Norman Collie, H.E.M. Stutfield, G.M. Weed, H. Woolley, guided by C. Kaufmann[3]

Neptuak (center) with Deltaform (left)

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, Neptuak 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]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Neptuak 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. Precipitation runoff from Neptuak drains east into tributaries of the Bow River, or west into tributaries of the Vermilion River.

See also

• List of peaks on the British Columbia–Alberta border

Further reading

• Corbett, Bill (2009). The 11,000ers of the Canadian Rockies. Rocky Mountain Books. p. 182. ISBN 9781897522400.

• Patton, Brian (July 2007). Parkways of the Canadian Rockies: A Touring Guide to Banff, Jasper, Kootenay. Summerthought. pp. 76–77. ISBN 9780978237523.

• Calvert, Kathy (2003). Don Forest: Quest for the Summits. Rocky Mountain Books. p. 100. ISBN 9781894765374.

• Boles, Glen W.; Putnam, William Lowell; Laurilla, Roger W. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names: The Rockies and Columbia Mountains. Rocky Mountain Books. p. 100. ISBN 9781894765794.

References

1. "Neptuak Mountain". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
2. "Topographic map of Neptuak Mountain". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
3. "Neptuak Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
4. "Neptuak Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
5. Belyea, Helen R. (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF). parkscanadahistory.com (Report). Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
6. Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
7. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.

External links

• "Neptuak Mountain". BC Geographical Names.
• National Park Service web site: Banff National Park
• National Park Service web site: Kootenay National Park
• National Park Service web site: Yoho National Park
• Neptuak weather: Mountain Forecast