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{{short description|Mountain in Alberta, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Kitchener
| photo = mtkitchener.jpg
| photo_caption = Mt. Kitchener at dawn from the Icefields Parkway
| elevation_m = 3505
| elevation_ref = <ref name=crdb>{{cite crdb|id=735| name=Mount Kitchener |access-date= 2007-08-31}}</ref><ref name=opentopomap/>
| prominence_m = 280
| prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=25|name=Mount Kitchener|access-date=2013-05-17}}</ref>
| range = [[Winston Churchill Range]]
| parent_peak =
| listing = [[List of mountains of Alberta|Mountains of Alberta]]
| country = [[Canada]]
| region_type = Province
| region = [[Alberta]]
| map = Canada Alberta
| map_caption = Location in Alberta
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 8
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Kitchener
| coordinates = {{coord|52|12|58|N|117|19|15|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=IABQE|name=Mount Kitchener|access-date=2021-03-31}}</ref>
| topo_map = [[National Topographic System|NTS]] {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|83|C|3}}<ref name=cgndb/>
| first_ascent = 1927 by Alfred J. Ostheimer, guided by Hans Fuhrer<ref name=crdb/>
| easiest_route = rock/snow climb
}}

'''Mount Kitchener''' is a [[mountain]] located within the [[Columbia Icefield]] of [[Jasper National Park]], which is part of the [[Canadian Rockies]]. The mountain can be seen from the [[Icefields Parkway]] (highway 93) near Sunwapta Pass.

Mt. Kitchener was originally named Mount Douglas by [[J. Norman Collie]] after [[David Douglas (botanist)|David Douglas]]. In 1916, the mountain was renamed Mount Kitchener, its present-day name, after [[Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Lord Kitchener]], who had just been killed in [[World War I]].<ref name=crdb/>

== Climbing ==
;Routes
* SouthWest Slopes (Normal Route) I
* Grand Central Couloir V 5.9
* Ramp Route V 5.8

;Notable ascents
* 1975 ''Grand Central Couloir'' (V 5.9 WI5 1050m) by Jeff Lowe and Michael Weis (August 1975)<ref name=AAJ_1976>{{cite aaj
  | last = Lowe  | first = Jeff  | author-link = Jeff Lowe | title = Winter Ice Climbing and its Techniques on Kitchener
  | department = The Cold Dance Review | journal = American Alpine Journal
  | volume = 20  | issue = 50  | pages = 326–333  | publisher = American Alpine Club
  | location = New York, NY, USA  | year = 1976
  | article_id=12197632600 | url-status = | access-date = 2021-03-31}}</ref>

==Mount K2==
'''Mount K2''', elevation 3,090m,<ref name=opentopomap/> was named in 1938 by Rex Gibson (former [[Alpine Club of Canada]] president), apparently to signify this as a secondary peak of Mount Kitchener.<ref name=crdbK2>{{cite crdb|id=704|title=Mount K2|access-date=2020-11-21}}</ref>

==Climate==
Based on the [[Köppen climate classification]], Mount Kitchener is located in a [[subarctic climate]] zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=KGcc2007>{{Cite Köppen-Geiger cc 2007}}</ref> Temperatures can drop below {{Convert|-20|C|F}} with wind chill factors below {{Convert|-30|C|F|abbr=on}}.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Snow Dome, Forbes, Lyells, Et al from Mt. Kitchener.jpg|View from Mount Kitchener's summit
File:Mount Kitchener north face.jpg|Mount Kitchener's north face
File:Mt Kitchener Summit from Snow Dome Slopes.jpg|Mount Kitchener Summit from Snow Dome
File:The Stutfields (West & East); Mt. Alberta at back.jpg|View to north from Mount Kitchener
File:View of Mt. Kitchener and Mount K2.jpg|View of Mount Kitchener and [[Mount K2 (Alberta)|Mount K2]]
</gallery>

==References==
<references>
<ref name=opentopomap>{{cite opentopomap|Mount Kitchener|52.21728|-117.32162|2021-03-31}}</ref>
</references>

==External links==
* {{Commons-inline|Category:Mount Kitchener (Alberta)|Mount Kitchener}}
* Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/jasper Jasper National Park]
* {{cite peakware|id=415|name=Mount Kitchener}}

{{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}

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[[Category:Three-thousanders of Alberta]]
[[Category:Winston Churchill Range]]
[[Category:Mountains of Jasper National Park]]