The summit of Mount Whitney is the highest point of the Sierra Nevada, the State of California, and the contiguous United States. The summit of Mount Elbert is the highest point of the Front Range and the Continental Divide of North America.
The air in Banff is very dry which creates atmospheric conditions wherein the weather can change quite suddenly. The average daytime temperatures are around 10C (49Â°F), whereas the minimum average t...
An element of the weather in Banff National Park that one can always count on is the snow. In the alpine and sub-alpine zones (above and just below the treeline), there is more precipitation in the form of snow in the winter than in the summer.