Snow Dome (Canada)
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| Snow Dome | |
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 Snow Dome and Dome Glacier seen from the Icefield Parkway |
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| Elevation | 3,456 metres (11,339 ft)[1] |
| Location |  Alberta- British Columbia  Canada |
| Range | Sir Winston Churchill Range |
| Prominence | 171 m (561 ft)[2] |
| Coordinates | |
| Topo map | NTS 83C/03 |
| First ascent | 1898 by J. Norman Collie, Hugh Stutfield, Herman Woolley[1] |
| Easiest route | snow/glacier climb |
Snow Dome is a mountain located on the Continental Divide in the Columbia Icefield of Jasper National Park, on the border between Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.
The mountain was named in 1898 by J. Norman Collie because its snow-capped massif resembles a dome.[1]
The mountain, reaching a height of 3,456 m (11,339 ft), is a hydrological apex of North America (the other is Triple Divide Peak in Glacier National Park, Montana, United States). Water falling on its summit may flow into streams that drain into the Pacific Ocean (via 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.
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