Mount Parrish
{{Short description|Mountain in the country of Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Parrish
| photo = Mount Parrish, Flathead Range.jpg
| photo_caption = Mount Parrish (centre), from northeast
(Andy Good Peak to left)
| elevation_m = 2530.
| elevation_ref = {{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/mount-parrish.html|title=Mount Parrish, Peakvisor.com|access-date=November 3, 2022}}
| prominence_m = 161
| isolation_km = 0.73
| location = Castle Wildland Provincial Park
Alberta, Canada
| range = Flathead Range{{cite cgndb|id=IAFBF|name=Flathead Range|accessdate=2022-11-02}}
Canadian Rockies
| parent_peak = Chinook Peak (2,591 m)
| listing = Mountains of Alberta
| etymology= Sherman Parrish
| map = Alberta#Canada
| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada
| label_position = top
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 8
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Parrish
| coordinates = {{coord|49|34|30|N|114|35|17|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=IAPYZ|name=Mount Parrish|accessdate=2022-11-03}}
| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|G|10}}
| rock = Limestone
| type = Fault block
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route = {{YDS|4+}} climbingAndrew Nugara (2014), More Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies Second Edition, Rocky Mountain Books, {{ISBN|9781771600170}}, p. 176
}}
Mount Parrish is a {{Convert|2530.|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in Alberta, Canada.
Description
Mount Parrish is situated eight kilometers southwest of the town of Coleman in the Crowsnest Pass area and can be seen from Highway 3, the Crowsnest Highway.{{cite peakfinder|id=1044|name=Mount Parrish|access-date=2022-11-03}} It is part of the Flathead Range which is a subset of the Canadian Rockies. The peak is set one kilometer east of the Continental Divide, in Castle Wildland Provincial Park. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the nearby Crowsnest River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises {{convert|1190|m|ft|abbr=on}} above the river in {{convert|5|km|mi|abbr=on}}. Chinook Peak is {{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the northwest of Mt. Parrish and the nearest higher neighbor is Andy Good Peak, {{convert|1|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the south.
History
Mount Parrish is named after Sherman Parrish, an early settler in the Crowsnest Pass area in 1898.Dave Birrell (2000), 50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies, Rocky Mountain Books, {{ISBN|9780921102656}}, p. 138 He homesteaded at the foot of this mountain and raised cattle. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted March 15, 1962, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.
On January 19, 1946, a Royal Canadian Air Force DC-3 struck Mount Ptolemy and crashed into the North York Creek valley below Mount Parrish. All seven crewmembers perished in the accident. Some wreckage of the aircraft is still present.
Geology
Mount Parrish is composed of limestone which is a sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger Cretaceous period 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 Parrish has an alpine subarctic climate 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.
Gallery
File:McLaren, Andy Good, Parrish.jpg|Mt. McLaren, with Andy Good Peak (behind), and Mt. Parrish (centre)
File:Mount McLaren, Alberta.jpg|Mount Parrish (left), Mount McLaren (centered), and Chinook Peak (right)
File:Flathead Range Crowsnest Pass area.jpg|Flathead Range
L→Rː Mt. Coulthard, Mt. McLaren, Andy Good Peak, Mt. Parrish, Chinook Peak
Mount Parrish, Flathead Range, Alberta.jpg|North aspect
File:DakotaPlaneCrash-TailSection.jpg|DC-3 wreckage below Mt. Parrish
Mount Parrish bw.jpg|North aspect
File:Andy Good Peak, Mount Parrish.jpg|Mount Parrish (right), (Andy Good Peak to left)
See also
References
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External links
- Mount Parrish: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6082195/Canada/Alberta/Mount%20Parrish weather forecast]
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Category:Two-thousanders of Alberta