| 词条 | The Whistlers | ||||
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| name = The Whistlers | photo = The Whistlers, Jasper Park.jpg | photo_caption = The Whistlers seen from Jasper | elevation_m = 2470 | elevation_ref = [1] | prominence_m = 160 | prominence_ref= [1] | range = Trident Range Canadian Rockies[1] | parent_peak = Indian Peak (2820 m)[1] | location = Jasper National Park Alberta, Canada | map = Alberta#Canada | map_caption = Location of The Whistlers in Alberta | map_size = 260 | label_position = right | coordinates = {{coord|52|49|37|N|118|07|58|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = [2] | topo = NTS 83D/16[2] | first_ascent = | easiest_route = Tram, hiking }} The Whistlers is a {{Convert|2470|m|ft|lk=off|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in Jasper National Park, in the Trident Range of the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. The municipality of Jasper is situated 7 kilometres to the northeast. Its nearest higher peak is Indian Peak, {{convert|2.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the southwest.[1] The highest and longest aerial tramway in Canada ascends to a lookout at 2277 meters elevation, still 193 metres below the summit, but a hiking trail continues to the summit. Some of the mountains that can be seen (weather permitting) from the top include Mount Robson, Mount Bridgland, Monarch Mountain, Pyramid Mountain, Hawk Mountain, Mount Colin, Grisette Mountain, Mount Tekarra, Mount Hardisty, Mount Kerkeslin, Terminal Mountain, and Manx Peak. HistoryThe descriptive name The Whistlers was applied in 1916 by Édouard-Gaston Deville of the Geological Survey of Canada for the whistling inhabitants of the mountain, the hoary marmot.[3][4] The mountain's name was made official in 1951 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[2] ClimateBased on the Köppen climate classification, The Whistlers is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Precipitation runoff from The Whistlers drains into tributaries of the Athabasca River. References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite bivouac|id=29248|name=Whistlers Peak (The Whistlers)|accessdate=2019-03-08}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite cgndb|id=IAPCD|name=The Whistlers|accessdate=2019-03-10}} 3. ^The Whistlers PeakFinder 4. ^{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=138|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=134}} 5. ^{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. |last-author-amp=yes | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}} See also
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