Mount Bridgland

Mount Bridgland is a 2,930-metre (9,610-foot) 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
Elevation2,930 m (9,610 ft) [1]
Prominence405 m (1,329 ft) [2]
Parent peakDerr Peak 2966 m[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates52°57′11″N 118°31′33″W [3]
Geography
Mount Bridgland
Location of Mount Bidgland in Alberta
Mount Bridgland
Mount Bridgland (Canada)
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeVictoria Cross Ranges
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 83D/15[3]
Climbing
First ascent1946 by Frank Smythe, Rex Gibson, David Wessel[1]

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. "Mount Bridgland". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  2. "Mount Bridgland". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  3. "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. Edmonton, Alberta: 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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