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Ptarmigan Peak is a mountain in Banff National Park, Alberta, on Merlin Ridge near Pika Peak, with southern slopes overlooking the Lake Louise Mountain Resort and Hidden Lake below. J.W.A. Hickson named it in 1909 after encountering rock ptarmigan in nearby meadows, and, guided by Edward Feuz Jr., made its first ascent that same year. The usual route to the summit approaches from Hidden Lake by the southern slopes. Like many Banff mountains, it consists of sedimentary rock formed in shallow seas from the Precambrian to the Jurassic and later uplifted and thrust eastward during the Laramide orogeny. Its subarctic climate brings cold snowy winters and mild summers.
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