Mushroom Peak
Encyclopedia
Mushroom Peak is a mountain
located in the Sunwapta River
Valley of Alberta
, Canada's Jasper National Park
, lying just over a kilometre east of Diadem Peak
. The mountain was named in 1947 by N.E. Odell who made the first ascent (solo). Upon reaching the summit, he found that the dark limestone
rocks on top resembled mushroom
s.
Mountain
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located in the Sunwapta River
Sunwapta River
The Sunwapta River is a major tributary of the Athabasca River in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada.-Course:The headwaters of the Sunwapta River are near the Columbia Icefield in the valley west northwest of Sunwapta pass, which divides Jasper National Park from Banff National Park...
Valley of Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada's Jasper National Park
Jasper National Park
Jasper National Park is the largest national park in the Canadian Rockies, spanning 10,878 km² . It is located in the province of Alberta, north of Banff National Park and west of the City of Edmonton. The park includes the glaciers of the Columbia Icefield, hot springs, lakes, waterfalls and...
, lying just over a kilometre east of Diadem Peak
Diadem Peak
Diadem Peak is a peak located in the Sunwapta River Valley of Jasper National Park, Canada. Diadem Peak is essentially the high point of a ridge leading down from the slightly higher Mount Woolley...
. The mountain was named in 1947 by N.E. Odell who made the first ascent (solo). Upon reaching the summit, he found that the dark limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
rocks on top resembled mushroom
Mushroom
A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. The standard for the name "mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus; hence the word "mushroom" is most often applied to those fungi that...
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