Old Baldy

Old Baldy is a 2,726-metre summit in the Fisher Range of Kananaskis Country in Alberta’s Canadian Rockies, near Mount Kidd and Mount McDougall. It is formed of sedimentary rock deposited in shallow seas from the Precambrian through the Jurassic, then thrust eastward over younger layers during the Laramide orogeny, part of the mountain-building that shaped much of the Rockies’ front ranges. The mountain has a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, mild summers, and temperatures that can drop below minus 20 degrees Celsius, with runoff feeding tributaries of the Kananaskis River. Climbing conditions are generally best from June through September.

Alberta · Canada