Mount Collie
{{short description|Mountain in Yoho NP, BC, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Collie
| photo = Mount Collie, Wapta Icefield, and Portal Peak.jpg
| photo_caption = Mount Collie centered in the distance beyond Portal Peak. (Seen from Cirque Peak)
| elevation_m = 3143
| elevation_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=1670|name=Mount Collie|access-date=2013-06-09}}
| prominence_m = 423
| range = Waputik Mountains
| parent_peak = Mont des Poilus (3166 m)
| listing = Mountains of British Columbia
| location = British Columbia, Canada
| map = Canada British Columbia
| map_caption = Location in eastern British Columbia
| map_size = 250
| label_position = left
| coordinates = {{coord|51|37|02|N|116|35|30|W|type:mountain_region:CA-BC_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite bcgnis|id=10860|title=Mount Collie|accessdate=2013-06-09}}
| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|10}}
| first_ascent = 1901 by Christian Kaufmann, Christian Klucker, and Joseph Pollinger guiding James Outram and Edward Whymper
| easiest_route = glacier/snow climb
}}
Mount Collie is a mountain in Yoho National Park, located on the western boundary of the Wapta Icefield in Canada. The mountain was named in 1897 by Charles S. Thompson after J. Norman Collie, an accomplished mountaineer and early explorer of the Canadian Rockies.{{cite peakfinder|id=293|name=Mount Collie|access-date=2004-07-10}}
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Geology
Mount Collie is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.{{Belyea-Banff-NP}} Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was 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}}
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Collie is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. |name-list-style=amp | 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}} Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.
See also
References
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External links
- {{Cite bcgnis|id=10860 |title=Mount Collie}}
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