Mount Wilkie

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Wilkie

| photo = Mountains above Trout Lake, British Columbia.jpg

| photo_caption = Northeast aspect

| elevation_m = 2699

| elevation_ref ={{cite peakbagger|51455|Mount Wilkie, British Columbia|access-date=2024-03-20}}

| prominence_m = 797

| prominence_ref =

| isolation_km = 11.52

| isolation_ref =

| parent_peak = Mount Cooper

| etymology = Octavius Bentley Neves Wilkie

| country = Canada

| region_type = Province

| region = British Columbia

| district = Kootenay Land District{{cite cgndb|id=JBNLP|name=Mount Wilkie|access-date=2024-03-20}}

| part_type = Protected area

| part = Goat Range Provincial Park{{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/mount-wilkie-canada.html|title=Mount Wilkie, Peakvisor.com|access-date=2024-03-20}}

| range = Selkirk Mountains
Lardeau Range

| listing = Mountains of British Columbia

| map = 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 Wilkie

| coordinates = {{coord|50|29|01|N|117|25|43|W|type:mountain_region:CA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref ={{cite bcgnis|22151|Mount Wilkie}}

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|K|6}}

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route =

}}

Mount Wilkie is a {{Convert|2699|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} summit in British Columbia, Canada.

Description

Mount Wilkie is the highest point of the Lardeau Range which is a subrange of the Selkirk Mountains. The true summit (2,699 m) lies less than 800 metres west of the 2,630-metre summit marked as Mount Wilkie on topographic maps.BC Basemap, Retrieved 2024-03-20. The mountain is located {{convert|8|km|mi|spell=in}} southeast of Trout Lake on the northern boundary of Goat Range Provincial Park. Precipitation runoff and glacial meltwater from this mountain's slopes drains to Trout Lake, thence Lardeau River. Mount Wilkie is more notable for its steep rise above local terrain than for its absolute elevation as topographic relief is significant with the summit rising 1,985 metres (6,512 ft) above Trout Lake in less than {{convert|8|km|mi|spell=in}} and 1,355 metres (4,445 ft) above Mobbs Creek in {{convert|3|km|mi|spell=in}}.

History

The mountain's name honors surveyor Octavius Bentley Neves Wilkie (1872–1942), who worked at Trout Lake for many years. He worked on the Alaska Boundary Survey, surveyed the boundary country and in the Kootenays. He was also an original member of the Alpine Club of Canada.[https://blog.alpineclubofcanada.ca/blog/the-mountain-legacy-project The Mountain Legacy Project], Mary Sanseverino, October 27, 2017. Alpine Club of Canada, Retrieved 2024-03-20. The toponym was officially adopted March 31, 1924, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Wilkie is located in a Subarctic climate zone of western North America.{{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 |issue=5 |page=1633 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | issn = 1027-5606 |doi-access=free }} Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. This climate supports an unnamed glacier on the north slope of the peak. The months of July through September offer the most favorable weather for climbing Mount Wilkie.