Mount Collie

Mount Collie is a mountain in Yoho National Park, located on the western boundary of the Wapta Icefield in Canada. The mountain was named in 1897 by Charles S. Thompson after J. Norman Collie, an accomplished mountaineer and early explorer of the Canadian Rockies.[2][3]

Mount Collie
Mount Collie centered in the distance beyond Portal Peak. (Seen from Cirque Peak)
Highest point
Elevation3,143 m (10,312 ft) [1]
Prominence423 m (1,388 ft) [1]
Coordinates51°37′02″N 116°35′30″W [2]
Geography
Mount Collie
Location in eastern British Columbia
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
Parent rangeWaputik Mountains
Topo mapNTS 82N/10
Climbing
First ascent1901 by Christian Kaufmann, Christian Klucker, and Joseph Pollinger guiding James Outram and Edward Whymper[3]
Easiest routeglacier/snow climb

Geology

Mount Collie is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[4] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[5]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Collie is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

See also

References
  1. "Mount Collie". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
  2. "Mount Collie". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
  3. "Mount Collie". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2004-07-10.
  4. Belyea, Helen R. (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF). parkscanadahistory.com (Report). Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  5. Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias". Missing or empty |url= (help)
  6. 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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