| Mount Sarbach | |
|---|---|
 Mount Sarbach seen fromMistaya Canyon | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,155 m (10,351 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 412 m (1,352 ft)[1] |
| Parent peak | Mount Chephren (3274 m)[1] |
| Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
| Coordinates | 51°53′34″N116°46′05″W / 51.89278°N 116.76806°W /51.89278; -116.76806[2] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Sarbach Location in Alberta Show map of Alberta Mount Sarbach Location in Canada Show map of Canada | |
| Location | Alberta, Canada |
| Parent range | Waputik Mountains Canadian Rockies |
| Topo map | NTS82N15Mistaya Lake[2] |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Cambrian |
| Rock type | Sedimentary |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1897 byJ. Norman Collie,G.P. Baker andPeter Sarbach[1] |
| Easiest route | Difficult Scramble[3] |
Mount Sarbach is amountain located inBanff National Park betweenMistaya River andHowse River and is visible from theIcefields Parkway. The mountain is named afterPeter Sarbach, a mountain guide from Switzerland, who guided the first ascent byJ. Norman Collie andG.P. Baker in 1897. Mount Sarbach is situated south ofSaskatchewan River Crossing, where theIcefields Parkway intersects with theDavid Thompson Highway.
Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Sarbach is composed ofsedimentary rock laid down during thePrecambrian toJurassic periods.[4] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during theLaramide orogeny.[5] A glacier shared withKaufmann Peaks resides in the southeastcirque.
Based on theKöppen climate classification, Mount Sarbach is located in asubarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.Precipitationrunoff from Mount Sarbach drains into theMistaya River andHowse River which are both tributaries of theNorth Saskatchewan River.