| Mount Habel | |
| Elevation M: | 3073 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence M: | 232 |
| Prominence Ref: | [2] |
| Range: | Waputik Mountains |
| Parent Peak: | Mount Baker (3180 m) |
| Country: | Canada |
| Region Type: | Provinces |
| Part Type: | Protected area |
| Part: | Banff National Park |
| Map: | Alberta#British Columbia#Canada |
| Label Position: | right#left |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 8 |
| Mapframe-Caption: | Interactive map of Mount Habel |
| Coordinates: | 51.6486°N -116.5714°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
| First Ascent: | 1923 A. Geoffrion, JWA Hickson, E. Feuz Jr. |
Mount Habel is a 3073abbr=offNaNabbr=off mountain summit located in Banff National Park on the Continental Divide along the border of Alberta and British Columbia in the Waputik Mountains, part of the Canadian Rockies. It was named in 1986 after Jean Habel.[1] [2] Jean Habel was a German geographer who explored the Canadian Rockies and in 1897 was the first to set foot on the Wapta Icefield which surrounds Mount Habel.[4]
Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Habel is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during 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.[5]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Habel is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.