Mount Collie Explained

Mount Collie
Elevation M:3143
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:423
Range:Waputik Mountains
Parent Peak:Mont des Poilus (3166 m)
Listing:Mountains of British Columbia
Location:British Columbia, Canada
Map:Canada British Columbia
Map Size:250
Label Position:left
Coordinates:51.6172°N -116.5917°W
Coordinates Ref:[2]
First Ascent:1901 by Christian Kaufmann, Christian Klucker, and Joseph Pollinger guiding James Outram and Edward Whymper
Easiest Route:glacier/snow climb

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]

Geology

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

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Collie is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[4] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

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Notes and References

  1. 1670. Mount Collie. 2013-06-09.
  2. 10860. Mount Collie. 2013-06-09.
  3. 293. Mount Collie. 2004-07-10.
  4. Peel, M. C. . Finlayson, B. L. . McMahon, T. A. . amp . 2007 . Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification . Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. . 11 . 1633–1644 . 1027-5606.