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Mount Haig stands on the Alberta-British Columbia border along the Continental Divide in Canada as the highest peak of Gravenstafel Ridge. Its lower north and east faces support backcountry cat skiing linked to Castle Mountain Resort on nearby Gravenstafel Mountain. Named in 1862 for Captain R.W. Haig, the mountain is made of sedimentary rock laid down in shallow seas from the Precambrian through the Jurassic, then thrust eastward over younger Cretaceous rock during the Laramide orogeny. It lies in a subarctic climate marked by cold, snowy winters, mild summers, and winter temperatures that can drop below -20 degrees Celsius, with wind chills below -30 degrees Celsius.
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