Mount Anne-Alice
{{Short description|Mountain in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Anne-Alice
| photo = Mount Anne-Alice in Canada.jpg
| photo_caption = Mt. Anne-Alice centered, from southeast.
Mt. Phillips (left), subsidiary of Mumm Peak (right)
| elevation_m = 2941
| elevation_ref ={{cite peakfinder|id=38|name=Mount Anne-Alice|access-date=2023-01-04}}
| prominence_m = 262
| prominence_ref ={{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/mount-anne-alice.html|title=Mount Anne-Alice, Peakvisor.com|access-date=2023-01-04}}
| isolation_km = 3.8
| parent_peak = Whitehorn Mountain (3,399 m)
| range = Canadian Rockies → Park Ranges
| listing = Mountains of British Columbia
| country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = British Columbia
| part_type = Protected area | part = Mount Robson Provincial Park
| district = Cariboo Land District
| map = Canada British Columbia#Canada
| map_caption = Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada
| label_position = left
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 8
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Anne-Alice
| coordinates = {{coord|53|10|48|N|119|12|09|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=JDCWR|name=Mount Anne-Alice|accessdate=2023-01-04}}
| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|83|E|3}}
| first_ascent = 1939
| easiest_route =
}}
Mount Anne-Alice is a mountain summit in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada.
Description
Mount Anne-Alice is located on the Continental Divide just inside the Mount Robson Provincial Park boundary. It is situated on the northwest side of Berg Lake with precipitation runoff from the peak draining into the lake and Robson River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises {{cvt|1300|m|ft}} above the lake in {{convert|4.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}. The nearest neighbor is Mumm Peak, {{convert|3.8|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the east. 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.{{citation|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}
History
The first ascent of the summit was made in 1939 by Anne MacLean Chesser and Alice Wright.{{cite bcgnis|id=40298|title=Mount Anne-Alice|access-date=2023-01-04}} They named the mountain after themselves since they found no evidence of a prior ascent. They built a stone cairn at the summit and claimed first ascent. Anne MacLean was a partner in the tourism and outfitting business at Mount Robson. Alice Wright was a frequent visitor at Berg Lake Chalet through the 1930s and 40s and was a well-known member of the tourism/outfitting industry throughout the Rockies. Alice was known to climbers as the "Mother Confessor of Mount Robson" because they would consult her before their ascents since she knew so much about the mountain.{{cite book|first=Jane Lytton|last=Gooch|year=2013|title=Mount Robson: Spiral Road of Art|publisher=Rocky Mountain Books| isbn=9781927330609|page=90}} The mountain's toponym was officially adopted December 7, 1990, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Anne-Alice 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}} Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. This climate supports the Mural and Hargreaves glaciers on the peak's slopes.
Gallery
Mt. Anne-Alice and Mumm Peak.jpg|Mount Anne-Alice (left) and Mumm Peak (right)
See also
- List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border
- {{Portal-inline|Mountains|size=tiny}}
- Geography of British Columbia
References
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External links
- Mount Anne-Alice: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6079729/Canada/British%20Columbia/Mount%20Anne-Alice weather forecast]
- [http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/mt_robson/ Mount Robson Provincial Park]—BC Parks
{{Geographic Location 2
| Center = Mount Anne-Alice
| North = Mural Glacier
| Northeast = Jasper National Park
| East = Mumm Peak
| Southeast = Berg Lake
| South = Mount Robson
| Southwest = Whitehorn Mountain
| West = Mount Phillips
| Northwest = Gendarme Mountain
}}
{{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}
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Category:Two-thousanders of British Columbia