| Snow Dome | |
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Snow Dome and Dome Glacier seen from the Icefield Parkway |
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| Elevation | 3,456 m (11,339 ft) [1] |
| Prominence | 171 m (561 ft) [2] |
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Snow Dome
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| Range | Sir Winston Churchill Range |
| Topo map | NTS 83C/03 |
| Climbing | |
| 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, at the intersection of Banff National Park,[3] and Jasper National Park,[4] on the Alberta and British Columbia border in 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 possibly a hydrological apex of North America, depending on the definition of the boundary between the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, and of which of those hydrographic regions Hudson Bay is considered to be a part.[5] (The other apex is Triple Divide Peak in Glacier National Park, Montana, United States.) Water falling on Snow Dome's 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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