Mount Bridgland
| Mount Bridgland | |
|---|---|
 Mount Bridgland seen from The Whistlers | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,930 m (9,610 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 405 m (1,329 ft)[2] |
| Parent peak | Derr Peak 2966 m[2] |
| Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
| Coordinates | 52°57′11″N 118°31′33″W / 52.95306°N 118.52583°W[3] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Bridgland Location of Mount Bidgland in Alberta  Mount Bridgland Mount Bridgland (Canada) | |
| Location | Alberta, Canada |
| Parent range | Victoria Cross Ranges Canadian Rockies |
| Topo map | NTS 83D15 Lucerne[3] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1946 by Frank Smythe, Rex Gibson, David Wessel[1] |
Mount Bridgland is a 2,930-metre (9,610 ft) 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.[4][1][2][5]
Climate[edit]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Bridgland is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] 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.
Geology[edit]
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.[7]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Mount Bridgland". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
- ^ a b c "Mount Bridgland". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ^ a b "Mount Bridgland". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- ^ MacLaren, I.S. (2005). Mapper of Mountains M.P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies 1902-1930. With Eric Higgs, Gabrielle Zezulka-Mailloux. Edmonton, AB: The University of Alberta Press. ISBN 0-88864-456-6.
- ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 25.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.
- ^ Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
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