Mount Drysdale

For the Australian ghost town, see Mount Drysdale, New South Wales.

Mount Drysdale
Mount Drysdale (left of center) with the Rockwall (right) as seen from Rockwall Pass
Highest point
Elevation2,932 m (9,619 ft)[1]
Prominence162 m (531 ft)[1]
Parent peakRockwall Peak (2979  m)[1]
ListingMountains of British Columbia
Coordinates51°09′00″N 116°16′22″W / 51.15000°N 116.27278°W / 51.15000; -116.27278[2]
Geography
Mount Drysdale is located in British Columbia
Mount Drysdale
Mount Drysdale
Location in British Columbia
Mount Drysdale is located in Canada
Mount Drysdale
Mount Drysdale
Location in Canada
Map
Interactive map of Mount Drysdale
LocationKootenay National Park
British Columbia, Canada
DistrictKootenay Land District
Parent rangeVermilion Range
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82N1 Mount Goodsir[2]
Geology
Rock ageCambrian[3]
Rock typeOttertail Limestone[3]
Climbing
First ascentJohn Peck, Dornacilla Peck, (Dornacilla Drysdale), and Dr. Morley Tuttle[1]

Mount Drysdale is a 2,932-metre (9,619-foot) 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. Its nearest higher peak is Rockwall Peak, 1.0 km (0.62 mi) to the west.[1] The mountain is part of what is known as the Rockwall which is an escarpment of the Vermilion Range. The Rockwall Trail is a scenic 55 kilometre (34 mile) traverse of alpine passes, subalpine meadows, hanging glaciers, and limestone cliffs, in some places in excess of 900 m (2,950 ft) above the trail.[4]

History

Charles Wales Drysdale

The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada to honor Charles Wales Drysdale (1885-1917), a member of the Geological Survey of Canada who drowned in the Kootenay River on July 10, 1917, along with his assistant William Gray when their raft capsized and both were swept away while working on a field survey.[2] [5] [6] Mount Drysdale and Mount Gray form the buttresses on either side of Wolverine Pass.

The first ascent of Mount Drysdale was made by John Peck, Dr. Morley Tuttle and Dornacilla Peck (Dornacilla Drysdale), who was Drysdale's eldest daughter.[1]

Geology

Mount Drysdale 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.[7]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Drysdale is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[8] 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 tributaries of the Beaverfoot River.

  • North aspect centered
    North aspect centered

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Mount Drysdale". Bivouac.com. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Mount Drysdale". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Baird, David M. (1964). "Kootenay National Park: Wild Mountains and Great Valleys" (PDF). parkscanadahistory.com. Geological Survey of Canada. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  4. ^ "Backpacking - Kootenay National Park". pc.gc.ca. Parks Canada. March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  5. ^ "Mount Drysdale". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  6. ^ "Mount Drysdale". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  7. ^ Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
  8. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.