Stutfield Peak | |
Elevation M: | 3450 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Prominence M: | 290 |
Prominence Ref: | [2] |
Listing: | Mountains of Alberta |
Location: | Alberta, Canada |
Range: | Winston Churchill Range |
Coordinates: | 52.2383°N -117.4075°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
First Ascent: | 1927 by Alfred J. Ostheimer, guided by Hans Fuhrer |
Easiest Route: | rock/snow climb |
Stutfield Peak is a mountain in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. It is located at the northern end of the Columbia Icefield, 6km (04miles) north-west from Mount Kitchener, in the Winston Churchill Range of the Canadian Rockies. The peak has two summits - Stutfield East and Stutfield West - and is therefore sometimes referred to as The Stutfields. The West peak is higher than the East peak by 500NaN0.[1]
In 1899, mountaineer J. Norman Collie named the mountain after Hugh Stutfield, who climbed with Collie during his exploration of the Canadian Rockies.[1]
Stufield Glacier was also named after Hugh Stutfield, and flows southeast from the peak, in the Columbia Icefield.
Based on the Köppen climate classification, it is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[4] Temperatures can drop below -20C with wind chill factors below -30C.