Mount Edith
Mount Edith is a mountain located in the Bow River valley of Banff National Park.[1] The mountain was named in 1886 for Edith Orde who worked as an assistant to Lady Agnes Macdonald, the wife of Canada's first prime minister.[4][2] Mount Edith is composed of limestone, a sedimentary rock laid down during the Devonian period.[5] Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Edith is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Temperatures can drop below -20 C with wind chill factors below -30 C. Weather conditions during summer months are optimum for climbing.