Mount Payne
{{Short description|Mountain in the country of Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Payne
| other_name =
| photo = Mount Payne.jpg
| photo_size =
| photo_caption = Mount Payne seen from Eaton Peak
| elevation_m = 2468
| prominence_m = 378
| range = Skagit Range
Canadian Cascades
| parent_peak = Silvertip Mountain
| listing = Mountains of British Columbia
| location = British Columbia, Canada
| district = Yale Division Yale Land District
| map = British Columbia#Canada
| map_caption = Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada
| label_position = top
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 8
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Payne
| coordinates = {{coord|49|10|04|N|121|16|29|W|type:mountain_region:CA-BC_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite bcgnis|38611|Mount Payne|2021-05-30}}
| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|92|H|3}}
| type = Intrusive
| rock = granitic
| first_ascent = 1950 J. Bussell, H. Genschorek, I. Kay, A. Melville, W. Sparling
| easiest_route = Scramble via south ridge
}}
Mount Payne is a {{Convert|2468|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in the Canadian Cascades of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is situated {{convert|27|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} southeast of Hope, {{convert|14|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} northeast of Chilliwack Lake, and {{convert|4|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of Silvertip Mountain, which is its nearest higher peak. Following Silvertip, Mount Payne is the second-highest summit in the Hope Mountains, a subset of the Skagit Range.{{cite peakbagger|1582|Mount Payne, British Columbia|accessdate=2019-11-30}} The peak was first climbed in 1950 by J. Bussell, H. Genschorek, I. Kay, A. Melville, and W. Sparling.{{cite bivouac|id=1245|name=Mount Payne|access-date=2019-12-01}} The peak was named for Damasus Payne, a Benedictine monk and mountaineer who fell to his death on Edge Peak in 1978. Payne was responsible for naming mountains such as Mount Rohr and Mount Duke. He also carried all the materials for mass and communion up to the summit of Slesse Mountain to perform a ceremony to honor the victims of Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810. Mt. Payne's name was officially adopted May 7, 1984, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.{{cite cgndb|id=JCUMZ|name=Mount Payne|access-date=2019-11-30}} Precipitation runoff from the peak drains into headwaters of the Sumallo River, and into the Klesilkwa River, which is a tributary of the Skagit .
Geology
Mount Payne is related to the Chilliwack batholith, which intruded the region 26 to 29 million years ago after the major orogenic episodes in the region. This is part of the Pemberton Volcanic Belt, an eroded volcanic belt that formed as a result of subduction of the Farallon Plate starting 29 million years ago.[https://www.sfu.ca/~dthorkel/linked/madsen%20et%20al.,%20plates%20and%20slab%20wind%20w%20nam%2006.pdf Cenozoic to Recent plate configurations in the Pacific Basin: Ridge subduction and slab window magmatism in western North America]{{Cite web |url=http://www.eps.mcgill.ca/~courses/c186-530/Nazko/info/bevier%20et%20al%201979,%20Anahim.pdf |title=Miocene peralkaline volcanism in west-central British Columbia - Its temporal and plate-tectonics setting |access-date=2019-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706185459/http://www.eps.mcgill.ca/~courses/c186-530/Nazko/info/bevier%20et%20al%201979,%20Anahim.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-06 |url-status=dead }}[http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/volcanoes/cat/volcano_e.php?id=gvb_fgl_006 Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Franklin Glacier] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211094941/http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/volcanoes/cat/volcano_e.php?id=gvb_fgl_006 |date=2010-12-11 }}
During the Pleistocene period dating back over two million years ago, glaciation advancing and retreating repeatedly scoured the landscape leaving deposits of rock debris.{{cite book|last=Kruckeberg|first=Arthur|title=The Natural History of Puget Sound Country|publisher=University of Washington Press|year=1991}} The U-shaped cross section of the river valleys is a result of recent glaciation. Uplift and faulting in combination with glaciation have been the dominant processes which have created the tall peaks and deep valleys of the North Cascades area.
The North Cascades features some of the most rugged topography in the Cascade Range with craggy peaks and ridges, deep glacial valleys, and granite spires. Geological events occurring many years ago created the diverse topography and drastic elevation changes over the Cascade Range leading to various climate differences which lead to vegetation variety defining the ecoregions in this area.
Climate
Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Cascade Range where they are forced upward by the range (Orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall. As a result, the Cascade Mountains experience high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall. Temperatures can drop below {{Cvt|-20|C}} with wind chill factors below {{Cvt|-30|C}}. The months July through September offer the most favorable weather for climbing Mount Payne.
Gallery
Silvertip, Rideout, Payne.jpg|Silvertip Mountain (left), Mount Rideout (centered on skyline), Mount Payne (right) viewed from the north
See also
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References
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External links
- Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6082228/Canada/British%20Columbia/Mount%20Payne Mount Payne]
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