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{{short description|Mountain in Alberta, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Cory
| photo = Mount Cory (30006908068).jpg
| photo_caption = 
| elevation_m = 2802
| elevation_ref = <ref name=pf>{{cite peakfinder|id=324|name=Mount Cory|access-date=2004-10-24}}</ref><ref name=Kane1999/>
| prominence_m = 287
| prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=1524|name=Mount Cory|access-date=2010-02-20}}</ref>
| range = [[Sawback Range]]
| parent_peak = [[Mystic Peak]]<ref name=bivouac/>
| listing = [[List of mountains of Alberta|Mountains of Alberta]]
| location = [[Alberta|Alberta, Canada]]
| map = Canada Alberta
| map_caption = Location in Alberta
| label_position = right
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 8
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Cory
| coordinates = {{coord|51|12|05|N|115|41|20|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = <ref name=pf/>
| topo = [[National Topographic System|NTS]] {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|O|4}}
| first_ascent = 
| easiest_route = Easy/Moderate [[Scrambling|Scramble]]<ref name=Kane1999/>
}}

'''Mount Cory''' is a [[mountain]] located in the [[Bow River]] Valley in southeast [[Banff National Park]], just north of [[Banff, Alberta]], [[Canada]]. The mountain was named in 1923 after [[William Wallace Cory]], deputy minister of the Interior from 1905 to 1930.<ref name=pf/>

==The "Hole in the Wall"==
The gaping "Hole in the Wall" [[cave]] is located in the upper portion of the western side of Mount Cory. The cave is a [[landmark]] easily viewed from the nearby [[Trans-Canada Highway]]. The formation is natural, despite the seemingly regular [[pentagon]]al shape of its entrance as seen from a distance. The cave is about 60 feet high and 100 feet deep and has often been visited by climbers. <ref name=SAA/>

==Climate==
Based on the [[Köppen climate classification]], Mount Cory is located in a [[subarctic climate]] zone 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 |issue=5 | pages = 1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | issn = 1027-5606}}</ref> Winter temperatures can drop below -20&nbsp;°C with wind chill factors below -30&nbsp;°C.

==Gallery==
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<gallery mode="slideshow">
File:Mount Cory Alberta Canada "Hole in the Wall" natural cave.jpg|Mount Cory's "Hole in the Wall"
File:Mount Cory.jpg|Southeast aspect of Mount Cory
</gallery></div>

==See also==
*[[Geography of Alberta]]
* {{Portal-inline|Mountains|size=tiny}}

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=Kane1999>
  {{cite book | title=[[Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies]] | author=Kane, Alan | chapter = Mount Cory
  | publisher=Rocky Mountain Books|location = Calgary | year=1999|isbn=0-921102-67-4|pages=203}}</ref>
<ref name=SAA>
  {{cite web | url = http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/is-whyte-6098
  | title = Historical image of hikers in entrance to Mount Cory "Hole in the Wall" | publisher = Society of Alberta Archives
  | website = albertaonrecord.ca | access-date = 2019-06-11}}</ref>
}}

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[[Category:Caves of Alberta]]
[[Category:Mountains of Banff National Park]]
[[Category:Two-thousanders of Alberta]]
[[Category:Sawback Range]]

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