Mount John Laurie

Mount John Laurie
Mount John Laurie

Yamnuska
Elevation 2,240 m (7,349 ft)
Location
Location  Alberta  Canada
Range Canadian Rockies
Coordinates 51°07′25″N 115°07′00″W / 51.12361°N 115.1166667°W / 51.12361; -115.1166667
Topo map NTS 82O/03
Geology
Type Limestone & shale
Age of rock Paleozoic
Climbing
First ascent Unknown
Easiest route Scramble

Mount John Laurie is a mountain in the Canadian Rockies, located in the province of Alberta, Canada.

While it is officially named Mount John Laurie, also known as Mount Laurie, it is best known now by the native name Mount Yamnuska, or simply Yamnuska. Yamnuski translates to "wall of stone."

John Laurie was a founder of the Indian Association of Alberta.

Mount John Laurie is the first mountain on the north side of the Bow River valley (Bow Valley) as it exits the mountains for the foothills and prairie of Alberta. Located close to Calgary, it is a popular "great scramble". It is also a popular rock climbing destination, with over 100 routes of all difficulty levels spread out across its face.

Mount John Laurie is the result of the McConnell Thrust Fault, which put the resistive, cliff forming Cambrian carbonate rock of the Eldon Formation on top of the much younger and weaker Cretaceous aged, clastic Belly River Formation. The fault, which sits at the base of the cliff face, represents an age difference of around 450 million years.

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actually means flat faced mountain, because of how the front of it is flat and the back part is not



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