Mount Fay
Mountain in Banff NP, Alberta, Canada
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::summary Mountain in Banff NP, Alberta, Canada ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Mount Fay |
| photo | Mount Fay Banff 2009.jpeg |
| photo_caption | Mount Fay seen from Moraine Lake |
| elevation_m | 3235 |
| elevation_ref | |
| prominence_m | 389 |
| prominence_ref | |
| parent | Bow Range |
| parent_peak | Mount Allen 3280 m |
| listing | {{unbulleted list |
| country | Canada |
| subdivision1_type | Provinces |
| subdivision1 | |
| part_type | Protected area |
| part | Banff National Park |
| map | Canada Alberta#Canada British Columbia#Canada |
| map_caption | Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada |
| label_position | right#left |
| mapframe | yes |
| mapframe-zoom | 8 |
| mapframe-caption | Interactive map of Mount Fay |
| coordinates | |
| coordinates_ref | |
| topo_map | NTS |
| first_ascent | 1904 Gertrude Benham, Christian Kaufmann |
| easiest_route | South-West Face |
| :: |
| name = Mount Fay | photo = Mount Fay Banff 2009.jpeg | photo_caption = Mount Fay seen from Moraine Lake | elevation_m = 3235 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 389 | prominence_ref = | parent = Bow Range | parent_peak = Mount Allen 3280 m | listing = {{unbulleted list| Mountains of Alberta| Mountains of British Columbia}} | country = Canada | subdivision1_type = Provinces | subdivision1 = | part_type = Protected area | part = Banff National Park | map = Canada Alberta#Canada British Columbia#Canada | map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada | label_position = right#left | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Fay | coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | topo_map = NTS | first_ascent = 1904 Gertrude Benham, Christian Kaufmann | easiest_route = South-West Face
Mount Fay is a mountain located on the Continental Divide in the Canadian Rockies. The mountain forms part of the backdrop to Moraine Lake in the Valley of the Ten Peaks of Banff National Park. NOTOC
Notable ascents
- 1904 First ascent by Gertrude Benham ahead of the mountain's namesake alpinist Charles E. Fay.
- 1937 December 22 First winter ascent by E.R. Gibson, Doug Crosby, and Bob Hind
- 1984 East Face (V/VI 5.8 WI5) FA by Barry Blanchard, David Cheesmond and Carl Tobin. Repetition of the East Face and variation on the finish was done from 2–3 April 2019 by Brette Harrington, Luka Lindič and Ines Papert.
Geology
Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Fay is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Fay is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.
In popular culture
Mount Fay is also the name of a fictitious mountain in the 2025 game Hollow Knight: Silksong, located in the north-west corner of the game's kingdom of Pharloom. A double-jump ability can be found there.
Gallery
Mount Fay and Fay Glacier.jpg|Mount Fay and Fay Glacier
References
| first=Luka |last=Lindič | year = 2020 | volume=62 | issue=94 | page=147 | access-date=2025-02-18}} | journal = Canadian Alpine Journal | publisher = Alpine Club of Canada | volume = XXV (1937) | page = 93 | date = June 1938 | url = http://library.alpineclubofcanada.ca:8009/book-acc.php?id=CAJ025-1-1937#page/92/mode/1up | access-date = 2019-08-19 | archive-date = 2021-09-20 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210920133116/http://library.alpineclubofcanada.ca:8009/book-acc.php?id=CAJ025-1-1937#page/92/mode/1up}} | title=Harrington, Lindič and Papert Complete First Integral Ascent of Mt. Fay's East Face | first=Michael|last=Levy |date = April 16, 2019| website=Rock and Ice | language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-12|url-status= | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417002531/https://rockandice.com/climbing-news/harrington-lindic-and-papert-complete-first-integral-ascent-of-mt-fays-east-face/ | archive-date = 2019-04-17}}
References
- Mount Fay. 51.29756. -116.16454. 2023-07-21
- {{cite bivouac
- {{cite cgndb
- It was named in 1902 by [[Charles Ernest Fay
- (2005). "'That Boundless Ocean Of Mountains': British Alpinists and the Appeal of the Canadian Rockies, 1885-1920". International Journal of the History of Sport.
- Blanchard, Barry. (Summer 2011). "Sanctum". Height of Land Publications.
- {{Belyea-Banff-NP
- Gadd, Ben. (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias".
- Peel, M. C.. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci..
- (2025-11-06). "Mount Fay".
- (2025-11-02). "Faydown Cloak".
- NTS map 82N08 Lake Louise
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