| Mount Bridgland | |
| Elevation M: | 2930 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence M: | 405 |
| Prominence Ref: | [2] |
| Range: | Victoria Cross Ranges Canadian Rockies |
| Parent Peak: | Derr Peak 2966 m |
| Listing: | Mountains of Alberta |
| Location: | Alberta, Canada |
| Map: | Alberta#Canada |
| Map Size: | 250 |
| Label Position: | right |
| Coordinates: | 52.9531°N -118.5258°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
| First Ascent: | 1946 by Frank Smythe, Rex Gibson, David Wessel |
Mount Bridgland is a 2930m (9,610feet) mountain located in the Victoria Cross Ranges of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. It was named by Frank Sissons in 1923 after Morrison P. Bridgland (1878-1948), a Dominion Land Surveyor who named many peaks in Jasper Park and the Canadian Rockies.[1] [2] [4]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Bridgland is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. In terms of favorable weather, July through September are the best months to climb. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Miette River.
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.