Mount Bridgland

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Mount Bridgland
Mt. Bridgland.jpg
Mount Bridgland seen from The Whistlers
Highest point
Elevation2,930 m (9,610 ft)[1]
Prominence405 m (1,329 ft)[2]
Parent peak 2966 m[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates52°57′11″N 118°31′33″W / 52.95306°N 118.52583°W / 52.95306; -118.52583Coordinates: 52°57′11″N 118°31′33″W / 52.95306°N 118.52583°W / 52.95306; -118.52583[3]
Geography
Mount Bridgland is located in Alberta
Mount Bridgland
Mount Bridgland
Location of Mount Bidgland in Alberta
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeVictoria Cross Ranges
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 83D15 [3]
Climbing
First ascent1946 by Frank Smythe, Rex Gibson, David Wessel[1]

Mount Bridgland is a 2,930-metre (9,610 ft) mountain located in the Victoria Cross Ranges of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. It was named by Frank Sissons in 1923 after Morrison P. Bridgland (1878-1948), a Dominion Land Surveyor who named many peaks in Jasper Park and the Canadian Rockies.[4][1][2][5]

Climate[]

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Bridgland is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. In terms of favorable weather, July through September are the best months to climb. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Miette River.

Geology[]

The mountain is composed of 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]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Bridgland". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  2. ^ a b c "Mount Bridgland". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Bridgland". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  4. ^ MacLaren, I.S. (2005). Mapper of Mountains M.P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies 1902-1930. With Eric Higgs, Gabrielle Zezulka-Mailloux. Edmonton, AB: The University of Alberta Press. ISBN 0-88864-456-6.
  5. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 25.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
Mount Bridgland (left) and Derr Peak (right)
Mt. Robson and Mt. Bridgland


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