Mount Woolley Explained

Mount Woolley
Elevation M:3405
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:565
Prominence Ref:[2]
Range:Winston Churchill Range
Parent Peak:Mount Alberta (3619 m)
Listing:Mountains of Alberta
Region Type:Province
Region:Alberta
Part Type:Protected area
Part:Jasper National Park
Map:Canada Alberta#Canada
Map Size:250
Label Position:right
Coordinates:52.2972°N -117.4253°W
Coordinates Ref:[3]
First Ascent:July 28,1925, by a Japanese team (Six Japanese men including Yūkō Maki and three men from Switzerland)
Easiest Route:rock/snow climb

Mount Woolley is a mountain in Alberta, Canada, located in the Sunwapta River Valley of Jasper National Park, 1½ km south of Diadem Peak and is part of Winston Churchill Range of the Canadian Rockies.

History

The mountain was named in 1898 by J. Norman Collie after Herman Woolley. Woolley, a former football player, climbed extensively with Collie during his 1898 and 1902 expeditions into the Canadian Rockies.[1]

The first ascent was made in 1925 by a Japanese team consisting of S. Hashimoto, H. Hatano, T. Hayakawa, Y. Maki, Y. Mita and N. Okabe. They were guided by Hans Fuhrer, H. Kohler and J. Weber.[1]

Geology

Mount Woolley is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from 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.[4]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Woolley 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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. 1551. Mount Woolley . 2007-09-10.
  2. 114. Mount Woolley. 2007-09-10.
  3. IAAAQ. Mount Woolley. 2023-07-18.
  4. Book: Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias . Gadd, Ben . 2008.
  5. 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.