Doubletop Mountain (British Columbia)

Doubletop Mountain is a 2,667-metre (8,750-foot) mountain in British Columbia, Canada.

Doubletop Mountain
South aspect
Highest point
Elevation2,667 m (8,750 ft)[1]
Prominence164 m (538 ft)[2]
Parent peakAdamant Mountain (3,345 m)[2]
Isolation1.3 km (0.81 mi)[2]
ListingMountains of British Columbia
Coordinates51°47′37″N 117°52′50″W[3]
Geography
Doubletop Mountain is located in British Columbia
Doubletop Mountain
Doubletop Mountain
Location of Doubletop in British Columbia
Doubletop Mountain is located in Canada
Doubletop Mountain
Doubletop Mountain
Doubletop Mountain (Canada)
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
DistrictKootenay Land District[4]
Parent rangeAdamant Range
Selkirk Mountains
Topo mapNTS 82N13 Sullivan River[3]

Description

Doubletop Mountain is part of the Adamant Range which is a subrange of the Selkirk Mountains.[4] It is located 84 km (52 mi) northwest of Golden along the west side of the Rocky Mountain Trench. Precipitation runoff and glacial meltwater from the mountain drains to Kinbasket Lake via Swan and Double Eddy creeks. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,367 metres (4,485 ft) above Double Eddy Creek in 2 km (1.2 mi) and 1,367 metres (4,485 ft) above Swan Creek in 2.5 km (1.6 mi). Doubletop Mountain is located immediately north of the Bill Putnam hut which is one of Canada's best ski mountaineering destinations.[5] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on March 4, 1965, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[3]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Doubletop Mountain is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

See also

References
  1. BC Basemap topograhic map
  2. "Doubletop Mountain, Peakvisor.com". Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  3. "Doubletop Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  4. "Doubletop Mountain". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  5. Chic Scott, Summits and Icefields: Columbia Mountains, Rocky Mountain Books Ltd, 2003, ISBN 9781894765473, p. 54.
  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.
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