Mount Tiedemann
{{Short description|Mountain in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Tiedemann
| photo = Waddington Range peaks.jpg
| photo_caption = L→Rː Combatant Mountain, Mount Tiedemann, Asperity Mountain, Serra Peaks
| elevation_m = 3838
| elevation_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=228|title=Mount Tiedemann|access-date=2005-11-06}}
| prominence_m = 848
| range = Waddington Range, Pacific Ranges, Coast Mountains
| parent_peak = Mount Waddington (4019 m)
| listing = {{unbulleted list
|Mountains of British Columbia
|Canada highest major peaks 25th
}}
| location = British Columbia, Canada
| district = Range 2 Coast Land District
| map = Canada British Columbia
| map_caption = Location in British Columbia
| label_position = right
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 8
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Tiedemann
| coordinates = {{coord|51|23|37|N|125|14|10|W|type:mountain_region:CA-BC_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|92|N|6}}
| first_ascent = 9 July 1939 by S. Hendricks, H. Fuhrer, R. Gibson, H. Hall
| easiest_route = rock/ice climb
}}
Mount Tiedemann {{convert|3838|m|ft|abbr=on}}, prominence {{convert|848|m|ft|abbr=on}}, is one of the principal summits of the Pacific Ranges subdivision of the Coast Mountains of British Columbia. It is located {{convert|3|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of Mount Waddington in the Waddington Range massif between the Homathko and Klinaklini Rivers.
Name origin
Mount Tiedemann is named for Herman Otto Tiedemann, who worked for the colonial government under Surveyor-General Joseph Pemberton, designing and supervising construction of Victoria, British Columbia's "Birdcages", the original legislature buildings there, the former courthouse (now the Maritime Museum), the Fisgard Lighthouse and other buildings and churches, all while conducting surveys of the British Columbia and Alaska coast. He was responsible for first bringing water from Elk Lake to the city as a water supply.
In 1862, he had accompanied Alfred Waddington on preliminary surveys for the proposed wagon road to the Cariboo goldfields via Bute Inlet and the Homathko River, the demise of which project came with the opening events of the Chilcotin War of 1864. Tiedmann Creek, which flows from the Tiedemann Glacier eastwards to the Homathko, was so-named by himself because he had fallen into it and nearly died.{{cite bcgnis|id=31259|name=Tiedemann Creek|access-date=2021-06-18}}
Climbing history
The first ascent was in 1939 by Sterling Hendricks, Hans Fuhrer, E.R. Gibson, Henry S. Hall via the Chaos Glacier to the North Aréte.{{cite bcgnis|id=40911|name=Mount Tiedemann|access-date=2021-06-18}}Chic Scott (2000), Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering, Rocky Mountain Books, {{ISBN|9780921102595}}, p. 121{{cite journal | title = A Month in the Coast Range | journal =American Alpine Journal| date=1940| issn= 0065-6925 | first =Sterling B. | last = Hendricks | volume =#4 | pages= | access-date =15 October 2024 |url = http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12194006100/A-Month-in-the-Coast-Range }}
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Tiedemann has an ice cap climate.{{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 | issn = 1027-5606}} Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Coast Mountains 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 Coast Mountains experience high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall. Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. This climate supports the Chaos, Radiant and Tiedemann glaciers which surround the slopes of Mount Tiedemann.
Gallery
Mount Tiedemann.jpg|Mount Tiedemann
References
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External links
- Weather: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6082985/Canada/British%20Columbia/Mount%20Tiedemann Mount Tiedemann]
- Mount Tiedemann (aerial photo): [https://pbase.com/nolock/image/72979659 PBase]
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Category:Landforms of the Chilcotin