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{{Short description|Mountain in the country of Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Bennington Peak
| photo = Bennington Peak.jpg
| photo_caption =
| elevation_m = 3260
| elevation_ref = <ref name=peakfinder>{{cite peakfinder|id=111|title=Bennington Peak|access-date=2021-07-06}}</ref><ref name=bivouac/>
| prominence_m = 118
| prominence_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=Bennington Peak |url=https://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=84951 |website=Peakbagger |access-date=16 March 2023}}</ref>
| range = [[Park Ranges]]
| parent_peak = [[McDonnell Peak]] (3289&nbsp;m)<ref name=bivouac/>
| listing = {{unbulleted list
|[[List of mountains of Alberta|Mountains of Alberta]]
|[[List of mountains of British Columbia|Mountains of British Columbia]]}}
| country = [[Canada]] | region_type = Provinces
| region = [[Alberta]] and [[British Columbia]]
| part_type = Protected&nbsp;areas | part = [[Jasper National Park]] and [[Mount Robson Provincial Park]]
| map = Alberta#British Columbia#Canada
| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada
| map_size = 250
| label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|52|39|18|N|118|17|53|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=IAEEC|name=Bennington Peak|access-date=2021-07-06}}</ref>
| topo = [[National Topographic System|NTS]] {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|83|D|9}}<ref name=cgndb/>
| first_ascent = 1926 R.B.M. Bibby, J.H. Hoag, N.W. Spadavecchia<ref name=bivouac/>
| easiest_route = East Ridge III 5.4<br />North Face IV 5.7
}}
'''Bennington Peak''' is located on the border of [[Alberta]] and [[British Columbia]]. It was named in 1922 by Arthur O. Wheeler, in commemoration of [[Bennington, Vermont]], the birthplace of explorer [[Simon Fraser (explorer)|Simon Fraser]].<ref name=peakfinder/><ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=29234|title=Bennington Peak|access-date=2021-07-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=22|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=18}}</ref>
==Climate==
Based on the [[Köppen climate classification]], the mountain is located in a [[subarctic climate]] with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=Peel>{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. |name-list-style=amp | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}}</ref> Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors  below -30 °C. In terms of favorable weather, July and August present the best months for climbing. However, these months coincide with mosquito season, which requires effective defenses. Precipitation [[Surface runoff|runoff]] from the peak drains into tributaries of the [[Athabasca River]] on its east side, and the headwaters of the [[Fraser River]] from the west side.
==See also==
*[[List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border]]
==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite bcgnis|id=3404|name=Bennington Peak}}
{{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Three-thousanders of Alberta]]
[[Category:Three-thousanders of British Columbia]]
[[Category:South Jasper Ranges]]
[[Category:Mountains of Jasper National Park]]
[[Category:Mount Robson Provincial Park]]
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