Saint Nicholas Peak (Canada)
Saint Nicholas Peak is a 2,938-metre (9,639-foot) mountain summit in the Rocky Mountains of Canada. It is located on the Continental Divide, on the Alberta-British Columbia border, in both Banff National Park and Yoho National Park. It lies at the eastern edge of the Wapta Icefield, and is part of the Waputik Mountains which are a sub-range of the Canadian Rockies.
Saint Nicholas Peak | |
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Mount Olive (left) with Saint Nicholas Peak (right) seen from Bow Lake | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,938 m (9,639 ft) [1][2] |
Prominence | 38 m (125 ft) [1] |
Parent peak | Mount Olive (3,126 m) |
Listing | Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia |
Coordinates | 51°37′40″N 116°30′09″W [3] |
Geography | |
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Country | Canada |
Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
National Parks | Banff and Yoho |
Parent range | Waputik Mountains Canadian Rockies |
Topo map | NTS 82N/10[3] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1930 by J. Monroe Thorington, Peter Kaufmann[4] |
Geology
The peak is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[5] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[6]
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, it is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below -20 C with wind chill factors below -30 C.
References
- "Saint Nicholas Peak". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
- British Columbia Official Map Site (click on "Provincial Basemap")
- "St. Nicholas Peak". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
- "St. Nicholas Peak". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
- Belyea, Helen R. (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF). parkscanadahistory.com (Report). Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias". Missing or empty
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(help) - 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.
See also
Gallery
- Saint Nicholas Peak
- Saint Nicholas Peak and Bow Hut
- Approaching summit of Saint Nicholas Peak
- Saint Nicholas Peak summit
External links
- Parks Canada web site: Banff National Park
- Parks Canada web site: Yoho National Park
- Saint Nicholas Peak weather: Mountain Forecast
- Saint Nicholas Peak photo (with Mt. Olive in the back left): Flickr