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with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation
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periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the
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Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias".
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Elevation
Listing
Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates
51°18′00″N 115°29′10″W / 51.30000°N 115.48611°W / 51.30000; -115.48611
Mount Astley is located in Alberta
Mount Astley is located in Canada
Banff National Park
Alberta, Canada
Parent range
Palliser Range
Canadian Rockies
Topo map
NTS
82O6
Lake Minnewanka
Easiest route
Scramble
mountain
Palliser Range
Canadian Rockies
Alberta
Canada
Banff National Park
Lake Minnewanka
sedimentary rock
Precambrian
Jurassic
Laramide orogeny

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