Downie Peak
{{Short description|Mountain summit in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Downie Peak
| photo = Downie Peak, British Columbia.jpg
| photo_caption = South aspect, centered
| elevation_m = 2926
| elevation_ref =Glen W. Boles, William Lowell Putnam, Roger W. Laurilla (2006), Canadian Mountain Place Names: The Rockies and Columbia Mountains, Rocky Mountain Books, {{ISBN|9781894765794}}, p. 83{{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/downie-peak.html|title=Downie Peak, Peakvisor.com|access-date=2022-12-25}}
| prominence_m = 924
| isolation_km = 25.4
| range = Selkirk Mountains
Big Bend Ranges
| parent_peak = Iconoclast Mountain (3,228 m)
| listing = Mountains of British Columbia
| etymology = William Downie
| country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = British Columbia
| district = Kootenay Land District
| map = British Columbia#Canada
| map_caption = Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 8
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Downie Peak
| coordinates = {{coord|51|33|31|N|118|18|08|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=JBALS|name=Downie Peak|access-date=2022-12-25}}
| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|M|9}}
| type = Fault block
| rock = Phyllite, LimestoneBulletin - Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources, Issue 71, 1979, p. 16
| age = CambrianDonald J. Glass (1972), Field Excursion Guidebook, Geological Survey of Canada, p. 99
| first_ascent = 1959 by William L. Putnam
| easiest_route =
}}
Downie Peak is a {{Convert|2926|m|ft|adj=on}} mountain summit located in British Columbia, Canada.
Description
Part of the Selkirk Mountains, Downie Peak is situated {{convert|60|km}} north of Revelstoke and {{convert|15|km}} east of Lake Revelstoke. Prominently visible from nearly every peak in the Northern Selkirks.
History
The peak was named by Walter Moberly after William Downie (1819–1893), a gold prospector employed by Sir James Douglas.{{cite bcgnis|id=14808|title=Downie Peak|accessdate=2022-12-25}} It was labelled on a 1915 reconnaissance map of the Northern Selkirk Mountains; prior to then it was labelled "Eldorado Peak" on earlier maps. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted March 31, 1924, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.
The first ascent of the summit was made July 14, 1959, by William L. Putnam, W. V. Graham Matthews and David Michael via the southwest ridge.[http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12196013802/North-America-Canada-British-Columbia-Downie-Peak-Selkirks William L. Putnam (1960), American Alpine Journal, americanalpineclub.org]Chic Scott (2000), Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering, Rocky Mountain Books, {{ISBN|9780921102595}}, p. 267 The second successful ascent wasn't accomplished until 1991.Andrew Selters (2004), Ways to the Sky: A Historical Guide to North American Mountaineering, AAC Press, {{ISBN|9780930410834}}, p. 298
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Downie Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}}
See also
- {{annotated link|Big Bend Country}}
- {{annotated link|Big Bend Gold Rush}}
- {{annotated link|Downieville, California}}
- {{annotated link|Geography of British Columbia}}
- {{Portal-inline|Mountains|size=tiny}}
References
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External links
- Downie Peak: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5942341/Canada/British%20Columbia/Downie%20Peak Weather forecast]
- Downie Peak (photo): [https://pbase.com/nolock/image/163098276 PBase]
- Downie Peak (photo): [https://books.google.com/books?id=94TqO12vdKwC&dq=bill+Putnam+Downie+Peak+1959&pg=PA267 Google.com/books]