Isabelle Peak

{{Short description|Mountain in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Isabelle Peak

| photo = Isabelle Peak in Kootenay Park.jpg

| photo_caption = Isabelle Peak seen from the southwest

| elevation_m = 2934

| elevation_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=1541|name=Isabelle Peak|access-date=2019-06-08}}

| prominence_m = 203

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| range = Ball Range
Canadian Rockies

| parent_peak = Mount Ball

| listing = Mountains of Alberta

Mountains of British Columbia

| location = Alberta-British Columbia, Canada

| map = British Columbia#Alberta#Canada

| map_caption = Location in British Columbia##Location in Alberta##Location in Canada

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| mapframe-zoom = 8

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Isabelle Peak

| coordinates = {{coord|51|07|34|N|116|00|33|W|type:mountain_region:CA}}

| coordinates_ref =

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|1}}

| first_ascent = 1913

| easiest_route = Moderate/Difficult Scramble

}}

Isabelle Peak is a peak located on the Continental Divide on the border of Banff and Kootenay National Parks in the Canadian Rockies.

Origin of the Name

The mountain was named in 1913 by R.D. McCaw, who made a phototopographic survey along the route of the Banff-Windermere road. The survey was made for the British Columbia government. The name "Isabelle" given by McCaw to one of his photographic stations at the request of Mr. W.W. Bell, engineer in charge of construction of the Banff-Windermere Road at the time. Bell had asked McCaw to name a mountain after his wife Isabelle.

Climbing

The Interprovincial Boundary Commission made the first ascent of the peak in 1913. A moderate/difficult scramble to the summit can be made on the southern slopes.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, the mountain 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 |issue=5 | pages = 1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | issn = 1027-5606}} Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

References

{{reflist|refs=

{{cite book | title=Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies | author=Kane, Alan | chapter = Isabelle Peak

| publisher=Rocky Mountain Books|location = Calgary | year=1999|isbn=0-921102-67-4|pages=222–223}}

{{cite peakfinder|id=684|name=Isabelle Peak|access-date=2019-06-08}}

}}

External links

{{cite bcgnis|id=2355|title=Isabelle Peak}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928140142/http://www.fresh-oxygen.com/vern/scrambles/isabelle/isabelle.html Isabelle Peak on Fresh-Oxygen] - route beta and photos

Category:Two-thousanders of British Columbia

Category:Two-thousanders of Alberta

Category:Ball Range

Category:Great Divide of North America

Category:Mountains of Kootenay National Park

Category:Mountains of Banff National Park