| Mount Wardle | |
| Elevation M: | 2805 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] [2] |
| Prominence M: | 362 |
| Isolation Km: | 2.61 |
| Range: | Vermilion Range Canadian Rockies |
| Parent Peak: | Mount Verendrye (3,085 m) |
| Listing: | Mountains of British Columbia |
| Location: | Kootenay National Park British Columbia, Canada |
| District: | Kootenay Land District |
| Map: | Canada British Columbia#Canada |
| Coordinates: | 50.9592°N -116.02°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
| Rock: | Ottertail Limestone |
| Age: | Cambrian |
| First Ascent: | 1922 |
Mount Wardle is a 2805abbr=offNaNabbr=off mountain summit located in British Columbia, Canada.
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.[4] 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.[5] 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.
The first ascent of the summit was made in 1922 by a Topographical Survey party.[6] The mountain's toponym was applied by Morrison P. Bridgland (1878–1948), a Dominion Land Surveyor who named many peaks in the Canadian Rockies. 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.[7] Wardle also served as superintendent of Banff National Park from 1919 through 1921.[8]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Wardle is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[9] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.