Mount Anne-Alice

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Mount Anne-Alice
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Mt. Anne-Alice centered, from southeast.
Mt. Phillips (left), subsidiary of Mumm Peak (right)
Highest point
Elevation 2,941 m (9,649 ft) [1]
Prominence 262 m (860 ft) [2]
Parent peak Whitehorn Mountain (3,399 m) [2]
Isolation 3.8 km (2.4 mi) [2]
Listing Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates 53°10′48″N119°12′09″W / 53.18000°N 119.20250°W / 53.18000; -119.20250 [3]
Geography
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Mount Anne-Alice
Location in British Columbia
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Mount Anne-Alice
Location in Canada
Mount Anne-Alice
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Country Canada
Province British Columbia
District Cariboo Land District
Protected area Mount Robson Provincial Park
Parent range Canadian Rockies → Park Ranges
Topo map NTS 83E3 Mount Robson [3]
Climbing
First ascent 1939

Mount Anne-Alice is a mountain summit in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada.

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Description

Mount Anne-Alice is located on the Continental Divide just inside the Mount Robson Provincial Park boundary. [4] It is situated on the northwest side of Berg Lake with precipitation runoff from the peak draining into the lake and Robson River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,300 m (4,300 ft) above the lake in 4.5 km (2.8 mi). The nearest neighbor is Mumm Peak, 3.8 km (2.4 mi) to the east. [2] The mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. [5]

History

The first ascent of the summit was made in 1939 by Anne MacLean Chesser and Alice Wright. [4] They named the mountain after themselves since they found no evidence of a prior ascent. They built a stone cairn at the summit and claimed first ascent. Anne MacLean was a partner in the tourism and outfitting business at Mount Robson. Alice Wright was a frequent visitor at Berg Lake Chalet through the 1930s and 40s and was a well-known member of the tourism/outfitting industry throughout the Rockies. [1] Alice was known to climbers as the "Mother Confessor of Mount Robson" because they would consult her before their ascents since she knew so much about the mountain. [6] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted December 7, 1990, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada. [3]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Anne-Alice is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [7] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. This climate supports the Mural and Hargreaves glaciers on the peak's slopes.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Anne-Alice". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Anne-Alice, Peakvisor.com" . Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mount Anne-Alice". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  4. 1 2 "Mount Anne-Alice". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  5. ↑ Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
  6. ↑ Gooch, Jane Lytton (2013). Mount Robson: Spiral Road of Art. Rocky Mountain Books. p. 90. ISBN   9781927330609.
  7. ↑ Peel, M.C.; Finlayson, B.L. & McMahon, T.A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrology and Earth System Sciences . 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
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