Mount Woolley

CountryCanadaProvinceAlbertaProtected areaJasper National ParkParent rangeWinston Churchill RangeTopo mapNTS 83C6 Sunwapta Peak^[4]ClimbingFirst ascentJuly 28,1925, by a Japanese team (Six Japanese men including Yūkō Maki and three men from Switzerland)Easiest routerock/snow climb

Mount Woolley is a mountain in Alberta, Canada, located in the Sunwapta River Valley of Jasper National Park, 1½ km south of Diadem Peak and is part of Winston Churchill Range of the Canadian Rockies.

The mountain was named in 1898 by J. Norman Collie after Herman Woolley. Woolley, a former football player, climbed extensively with Collie during his 1898 and 1902 expeditions into the Canadian Rockies.^[1]

The first ascent was made in 1925 by a Japanese team consisting of S. Hashimoto, H. Hatano, T. Hayakawa, Y. Maki, Y. Mita and N. Okabe. They were guided by Hans Fuhrer, H. Kohler and J. Weber.^[1]

Mount Woolley is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.^[5] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.^[6]

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Woolley is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.^[7] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.