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]
| Mount Bridgland | |
|---|---|
 Mount Bridgland seen from The Whistlers | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,930 m (9,610 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 405 m (1,329 ft)[2] |
| Parent peak | Derr Peak 2966 m[2] |
| Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
| Coordinates | 52°57′11″N 118°31′33″W / 52.95306°N 118.52583°W[3] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Bridgland Location in Alberta  Mount Bridgland Location in Canada | |
| Location | Alberta, Canada |
| Parent range | Victoria Cross Ranges Canadian Rockies |
| Topo map | NTS 83D15 Lucerne[3] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1946 by Frank Smythe, Rex Gibson, David Wessel[1] |
Climate
editBased 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
editThe 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]
Gallery
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Mount Bridgland (left) and Derr Peak (right) -
Mount Robson and Mount Bridgland
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Mount Bridgland". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
- ^ a b c "Mount Bridgland". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ^ a b "Mount Bridgland". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 25.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
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