Mount Smuts

Mountain in the country of Canada

Mount Smuts

West aspect of Mount Smuts

Highest point
Elevation| 2,938 m (9,639 ft)[1]
Prominence| 591 m (1,939 ft)[1]
Parent peak| Mount Birdwood (3,097 m)[1]
Isolation| 2.8 km (1.7 mi)[2]
Listing| Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates| 50°48′28″N 115°23′13″W﻿ / ﻿50.80778°N 115.38694°W﻿ / 50.80778; -115.38694[3]
Geography

Mount Smuts

Location in Alberta

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Mount Smuts

Mount Smuts (Canada)

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Location| Alberta, Canada
Parent range| Spray Mountains
Canadian Rockies
Topo map| NTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir[3]
Geology
Rock age| Cambrian
Rock type| Limestone
Climbing
First ascent| 1926 M. Crosby, M. Kennard, H. S. Crosby, C. A. Willard, Rudolph Aemmer[1]
Easiest route| Scrambling[4]

Mount Smuts is a 2,938-metre (9,639-foot) mountain summit located in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It is set in the Spray Valley near the northern end of the Spray Mountains range. It is situated on the common boundary shared by Peter Lougheed Provincial Park with Banff National Park. Mount Smuts is not visible from any road in Banff Park, however it can be seen from Alberta Highway 742, also known as Smith-Dorrien/Spray Trail in Kananaskis Country. Mount Smuts' nearest higher neighbor is Mount Birdwood, 2.8 km (1.7 mi) to the south-southeast.[1]

## History

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Mount Smuts was named by the Interprovincial Boundary Commission in 1918 for General (later Field Marshal) Jan Smuts (1870–1950), a noted South African and Imperial statesman and mountaineer.[5] During World War I, he led the armies of South Africa against Germany, capturing German South-West Africa and commanding the British Army in East Africa in 1916-1917.[6][7]

The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[3]

The first ascent of the peak was made in 1926 by M. Crosby, M. Kennard, H. S. Crosby, C. A. Willard, with guide Rudolph Aemmer.[7]

## Geology

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Mount Smuts is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[8] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[9]

## Climate

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Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Smuts is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[10] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. In terms of favorable weather, July through September are the best months to climb. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains west into Spray River, or east to Smuts Creek, both of which empty into Spray Lakes Reservoir.

## Climbing

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Mount Smuts is a difficult and exposed scramble on limestone slabs via the south ridge, and very few parties successfully summit each year.[4] Rope is recommended for anything less than ideal conditions.

## Gallery

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* North aspect viewed from Tent Ridge

* Mount Smuts seen from Spray Lake

* Mount Smuts (left) and The Fist seen from Smith-Dorrien Road

## See also

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* Geography of Alberta
* List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border
* Canadian Rockies

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "Mount Smuts". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
2. ^ "Mount Smuts, Alberta". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
3. ^ a b c "Mount Smuts". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
4. ^ a b Alan Kane (1999). "Mount Smuts". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies. Rocky Mountain Books. p. 128\. ISBN 0-921102-67-4.
5. ^ Imperial ecology: environmental order in the British Empire, 1895–1945, Peder Anker Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2001 ISBN 0-674-00595-3
6. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 117.
7. ^ a b "Mount Smuts". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
8. ^ 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.
9. ^ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
10. ^ 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

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* Mount Smuts weather: Mountain Forecast
* CBC News: 2018 fatality on Mt. Smuts
* CBC News: 2024 fatality on Mt. Smuts

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Places adjacent to Mount Smuts

| Mount Shark | Spray Lakes Reservoir | Tent Ridge

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Mount Byng |  | Mount Galatea
Mount Currie |

Mount Smuts

| Mount Chester
Spray River |  | Smuts Creek
| Mount Birdwood | Commonwealth Peak

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Canadian Rockies

Ranges|

* Ball
* Bare
* Beaverfoot
* Blue
* Bow
* Crowsnest
* Elk
* Fairholme
* Fiddle
* Flathead
* Foothills
* High Rock
* Kananaskis
* Livingstone
* Lizard
* Maligne
* Massive
* Misty
* Morrissey
* Palliser
* President
* Queen Elizabeth
* Rainbow
* Ram
* Sawback
* Sentinel
* Slate
* South Jasper
* Sundance
* Terminal
* Tower of London
* Vermilion
* Victoria Cross
* Waputik
* Winston Churchill
* Continental Ranges
* Hart Ranges
* Muskwa Ranges

Mountains|

* Alberta
* Andromeda
* Assiniboine
* Athabasca
* Brazeau
* Bryce
* Cascade
* Castle
* Castleguard
* Clemenceau
* Columbia
* Cory
* Edith Cavell
* Forbes
* Hector
* Hosmer
* Hungabee
* Joffre
* Kitchener
* Lyell
* Heart
* Pilot
* Pyramid
* Resplendent
* Robson
* Rundle
* Sarbach
* Saskatchewan
* Smythe
* Snow Dome
* Stanley Peak
* Sulphur
* Temple
* Three Sisters
* Trinity
* Twin
* Ulysses
* Unnamed Alberta–BC mountain (formerly Mount Pétain)
* Whymper

Passes|

* Abbot
* Athabasca
* Bush
* Carcajou
* Crowsnest
* Elbow
* Elk
* Fortress
* Fraser
* Highwood
* Howse
* Jarvis
* Kananaskis
* Kicking Horse
* Monkman
* Muncho
* North Kananaskis
* Palliser
* Pine
* Simpson
* Sinclair
* Summit
* Sunwapta
* Tonquin
* Vermilion
* Wapiti
* White Man
* Yellowhead

Glaciers|

* Athabasca
* Bow
* Columbia Icefield
* Crowfoot
* Hector
* Peyto
* Saskatchewan
* Vulture
* Wapta
* Waputik Icefield

Rivers|

see List of rivers of the Canadian Rockies and Category:Rivers of the Canadian Rockies

Peoples|

* Mountain Stoney
* Mountain Metis

Parks and protected areas|

| International|

* Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site
* Waterton Biosphere Reserve
* Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park

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National|

Parks
Banff
Jasper
Kootenay
Yoho
Waterton Lakes

Historic Sites
Jasper House
Jasper Park Information Centre
Yellowhead Pass
Athabasca Pass
Howse Pass
Kootenae House
Kicking Horse Pass
Skoki Ski Lodge
Twin Falls Tea House
Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin
Cave and Basin
Banff Park Museum
Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station
First Oil Well in Western Canada

Provincial (AB)|

Parks
Bow Valley
Bragg Creek
Elbow-Sheep
Ghost River
Kananaskis
Peter Lougheed
Sheep River
Siffleur
Spray Valley
White Goat
Willmore

Historic Sites
Frank Slide

Provincial (BC)|

* Akamina-Kishinena
* Close To The Edge
* Dune Za Keyih (Frog-Gataga)
* Elk Lakes
* Graham-Laurier
* Hamber
* Height of the Rockies
* Hole-in-the-Wall
* Kakwa
* Kikomun Creek
* Kwadacha
* Mount Assiniboine
* Mount Fernie
* Mount Robson
* Muncho Lake
* Northern Rocky Mountains
* Pine Le Moray
* Stone Mountain
* Muskwa-Kechika

Ski resorts|

* Castle Mountain
* Fernie
* Fortress Mountain
* Lake Louise
* Little Mac
* Marmot Basin
* Mount Norquay
* Nakiska
* Powder King
* Sunshine Village

Communities|

* Banff
* Canmore
* Crowsnest Pass
* Elkford
* Fernie
* Field
* Jasper
* Lake Louise
* Sparwood
* Tumbler Ridge
* Valemount
* Waterton Park

Ecozone and ecoregions|

CEC ecozones

* Boreal Cordillera
* Montane Cordillera

WWF ecoregions

* Alberta Mountain forests
* Alberta–British Columbia foothills forests
* North Central Rockies forest

See also
Geography portal
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Jan Smuts

Life|

* Early life
* The South African Republic
* The Boer War
* A British Transvaal
* The Old Boers

Other|

* Covenant of the League of Nations (co-wrote)
* Preamble to the United Nations Charter (initiated, co-wrote)

Books|

* Holism and Evolution (1926 book)

Concepts|

* Holism

Related|

* Statue of Jan Smuts, Parliament Square
* Mount Smuts
* Jan Smuts Avenue

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