Tumbling Peak
{{short description|Mountain in Kootenay NP, British Columbia, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Tumbling Peak
| photo = Tumbling Peak.jpg
| photo_caption = Tumbling Peak and Tumbling Glacier seen from the Rockwall Trail
| elevation_m = 3145
| elevation_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=8127|name= Tumbling Peak |access-date=2019-03-16}}
| prominence_m = 685
| range = Vermilion Range
Canadian Rockies
| parent_peak = Foster Peak (3,145 m)
| listing = Mountains of British Columbia
| country = Canada
| region_type = Province
| region = British Columbia
| part_type = Protected area
| part = Kootenay National Park
| map = British Columbia#Canada
| map_caption = Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 8
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Tumbling Peak
| coordinates = {{coord|51|06|34|N|116|13|57|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|1}}
| rock = Ottertail Limestone
| age = Cambrian
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route =
}}
Tumbling Peak is a {{Convert|3145|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located on the western border of Kootenay National Park in the Vermilion Range, which is a sub-range of the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. The mountain takes its name from the Tumbling Glacier located on its northeast flank. Its nearest higher peak is Foster Peak, {{convert|6.8|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the southeast. Hewitt Peak is also to the southeast, and Mount Gray is to the immediate northwest. The mountain is situated in an area known as the Rockwall, which is an escarpment of the Vermilion Range. The Rockwall Trail is a scenic 55 kilometers (34 miles) traverse of alpine passes, sub-alpine meadows, hanging glaciers, and limestone cliffs, in some places in excess of 900 meters (2953 feet) above the trail.{{cite web|url=https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/bc/kootenay/activ/arrierepays-backcountry|title=Backpacking - Kootenay National Park|website=pc.gc.ca|publisher = Parks Canada|access-date=2020-01-06|date=2020-01-02}}
Geology
Tumbling Peak is composed of Ottertail limestone, a sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.{{cite book|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Tumbling Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone 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. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains east into tributaries of the Vermilion River, or west into headwaters of the Kootenay River.
Gallery
File:Tumbling Peak, Kootenay National Park.jpg|Northeast aspect
File:Tumbling Peak fron Rockwall Trail.jpg|Tumbling Peak seen from the north along the Rockwall Trail
See also
References
{{reflist|refs=
{{cite report | title = Kootenay National Park: Wild mountains and great valleys |id = Miscellaneous Report 9
| author = Baird, David M. | year = 1964 | publisher = Geological Survey of Canada
| url = http://parkscanadahistory.com/geology/misc-report-9-1964.pdf
| access-date = 2020-01-06}}
}}
External links
- Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/bc/kootenay Kootenay National Park]
{{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}
Category:Three-thousanders of British Columbia