Mount Wardle

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Mount Wardle
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South aspect
Highest point
Elevation 2,805 m (9,203 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 362 m (1,188 ft) [1]
Parent peak Mount Verendrye (3,085 m) [1]
Isolation 2.61 km (1.62 mi) [1]
Listing Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates 50°57′33″N116°01′12″W / 50.95917°N 116.02000°W / 50.95917; -116.02000 [3]
Geography
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Mount Wardle
Location in British Columbia
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Mount Wardle
Location in Canada
Mount Wardle
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Location Kootenay National Park
British Columbia, Canada
District Kootenay Land District
Parent range Vermilion Range
Canadian Rockies
Topo map NTS 82K16 Spillimacheen
Geology
Rock age Cambrian [4]
Rock type Ottertail Limestone [4]
Climbing
First ascent 1922

Mount Wardle is a 2,805-metre (9,203-foot) mountain summit located in British Columbia, Canada.

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Description

Mount Wardle is situated in Kootenay National Park at the southern end of the Vermilion Range, which is a sub-range of the Canadian Rockies. Mount Wardle is home to the largest population of mountain goats within the national park. [5] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,600 meters (5,250 feet) above the Banff–Windermere Highway in three kilometers (1.9 mile). Mount Wardle is composed of Ottertail limestone, a sedimentary rock laid down during the Cambrian period and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. [6] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains east into Wardle Creek which is a tributary of the Vermilion River, and west into Lost Creek, a tributary of the Kootenay River.

History

The first ascent of the summit was made in 1922 by a Topographical Survey party. [7] The mountain's toponym was applied by Morrison P. Bridgland (1878–1948), a Dominion Land Surveyor who named many peaks in the Canadian Rockies. [8] It was officially adopted 9 September 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada to honor James Morey Wardle (1888–1971), a highway design engineer and then-director of special projects for Parks Canada. [9] Wardle also served as superintendent of Banff National Park from 1919 through 1921. [10]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Wardle is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [11] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Wardle, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  2. ↑ AnneLise Sorensen, Christian Williams (2010), The Rough Guide to Canada, 7th edition, ISBN   978-1-84836-503-2, p. 690
  3. ↑ "Mount Wardle". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  4. 1 2 Baird, David M. (1964). Kootenay National Park: Wild mountains and great valleys (PDF) (Report). Geological Survey of Canada. Miscellaneous Report 9. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  5. ↑ Bob Hahn (2000), Kootenay National Park, Rocky Mountain Books, ISBN   9780921102748, p. 67
  6. ↑ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  7. ↑ "Mount Wardle". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  8. ↑ MacLaren, I.S. (2005). Mapper of Mountains M.P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies 1902-1930. With Eric Higgs, Gabrielle Zezulka-Mailloux. Edmonton, AB: The University of Alberta Press. ISBN   0-88864-456-6.
  9. ↑ "Mount Wardle". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  10. ↑ Glen W. Boles, 2006, Mountain Place Names: The Rockies and Columbia Mountains, Rocky Mountain Books, ISBN   978-1-894765-79-4, p. 264
  11. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN   1027-5606.
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