Roche à Perdrix explained

Roche à Perdrix
Elevation M:2135
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:168
Prominence Ref:[2]
Location:Alberta, Canada
Range:Fiddle Range
Map:Alberta#Canada
Map Size:260
Coordinates:53.2125°N -117.8028°W
Easiest Route:moderate scramble

Roche à Perdrix is a mountain in Alberta's Rockies, Canada.

It is located south of Highway 16 on the eastern border of Jasper National Park, and is part of the Fiddle Range, one of the easternmost ranges of the Canadian Rockies. It is one of the first mountains upon entering the park from the east and is directly on the park border. In French, perdrix means partridge and roche means rock. The name is a reference to the rock foliations, which resemble a partridge's tail feathers.[1]

It was named by the Reverend George Grant in 1872.[3]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, it is 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. In terms of favourable weather, June through September are the best months to climb. Precipitation runoff from the mountain flows into the Athabasca River.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Roche à Perdrix. 2007-09-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120525233124/http://peakfinder.com/peakfinder.ASP?PeakName=Roche+a+Perdrix . 25 May 2012 . PeakFinder.
  2. Web site: Roche a Perdrix. 2009-01-02. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070805145336/http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=10971 . 5 August 2007 . Bivouac .
  3. Book: Birrell , Dave . 50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies . Rocky Mountain Books . 2000 . 0-921102-65-8.
  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.