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Mistaya Mountain stands on the Continental Divide along the Alberta and British Columbia border in the Canadian Rockies. Adopted in 1918, its name may come from a Cree word for “grizzly bear” or a Stoney word meaning “much wind.” It is regarded as an easy, non-technical climb with notable views to the north, northwest, and south. The mountain consists of sedimentary rock deposited in shallow seas from the Precambrian to the Jurassic, then thrust eastward over younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. Its subarctic climate brings cold, snowy winters, mild summers, and severe winter wind chill.
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