Mount Wheeler
Mount Wheeler featuring Deville Glacier
Highest point
Elevation3,336 m (10,945 ft)[1]
Prominence741 m (2,431 ft)[1]
Parent peakMount Dawson (3,377 m)[1]
ListingMountains of British Columbia
Coordinates51°06′30″N 117°23′31″W / 51.10833°N 117.39194°W / 51.10833; -117.39194[2]
Geography
Mount Wheeler is located in British Columbia
Mount Wheeler
Mount Wheeler
Location of Mount Wheeler in British Columbia
Mount Wheeler is located in Canada
Mount Wheeler
Mount Wheeler
Mount Wheeler (Canada)
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
Protected areaGlacier National Park
Parent rangeDuncan Ranges
Selkirk Mountains
Topo mapNTS 82N3 Mount Wheeler[2]
Climbing
First ascent1902 Arthur Oliver Wheeler, Fredrich Michel

Mount Wheeler, is a 3,336-metre (10,945-foot) mountain summit located in Glacier National Park of British Columbia, Canada. It is the third-highest peak in the park, and sixth-highest in the Selkirk Mountains range.[3] The mountain is a remote 60 km (37 mi) east of Revelstoke, and 40 km (25 mi) southwest of Golden. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Selwyn, 5.1 km (3.2 mi) to the north-northwest.[3] Mount Wheeler is surrounded by ice, including the Deville Glacier, Deville Névé, Black Glacier, and Thor Glacier. Precipitation runoff from the mountain and meltwater from its glaciers drains into tributaries of the Incomappleux and Beaver Rivers.

History

Wheeler

The first ascent of the mountain was made in 1902 by Arthur Oliver Wheeler and Fredrich Michel.[1] Mount Wheeler was named in 1904 for Arthur Oliver Wheeler (1860-1945), a Dominion Land Surveyor who made the first ascent of the peak, and co-founder and first president of the Alpine Club of Canada.[4] The mountain's name was officially adopted September 8, 1932, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[2]

Mount Topham and Mt. Wheeler from north

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Wheeler is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Wheeler". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mount Wheeler". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Wheeler, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
  4. ↑ "Mount Wheeler". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  5. ↑ 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.
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