Mount Niles

Mount Niles is a 2,967-metre (9,734-foot) summit located in the Waputik Range of Yoho National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. The nearest higher peak is Mount Daly, 1.63 km (1.01 mi) to the immediate northeast.[1] Takakkaw Falls is situated four km to the west, the Waputik Icefield lies to the north, and Sherbrooke Lake lies to the south. Precipitation runoff from Mount Niles drains into the Yoho River and Niles Creek, both tributaries of the Kicking Horse River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises approximately 1,500 meters (4,920 feet) above Yoho Valley in four kilometers (2.5 mile).

Mount Niles
Mount Niles
Highest point
Elevation2,967 m (9,734 ft)[1]
Prominence362 m (1,188 ft)[2]
Parent peakMount Daly (3148 m)[2]
ListingMountains of British Columbia
Coordinates51°30′18″N 116°25′16″W[3]
Geography
Mount Niles is located in British Columbia
Mount Niles
Mount Niles
Location of Mount Niles in British Columbia
Mount Niles is located in Canada
Mount Niles
Mount Niles
Mount Niles (Canada)
LocationYoho National Park
British Columbia, Canada
DistrictKootenay Land District
Parent rangeWaputik Range[1]
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82N9 Hector Lake[3]
Geology
Age of rockCambrian
Type of rocksedimentary rock
Climbing
First ascent1898 D. Campbell, C.E. Fay
Easiest routeScrambling[4]

History

Charles Sproull Thompson (1869–1921) named the peak in 1898, for William H. Niles (1838–1910), president of the Appalachian Mountain Club and Professor of Geology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology who also did some mountaineering in the area.[5] [6]

The first ascent of the mountain was made in 1898 by D. Campbell and Charles E. Fay.[5]

The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[3]

Geology

Mount Niles is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[7] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[8]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Niles is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[9] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

  • Mount Niles' south aspect seen from Sherbrooke Lake
    Mount Niles' south aspect seen from Sherbrooke Lake
  • Mount Niles (centered in the distance) seen from Sherbrooke Lake
    Mount Niles (centered in the distance) seen from Sherbrooke Lake
  • Mount Niles right of center with Mount Daly and Daly Glacier to left, and Takakkaw Falls in lower right, as seen from Iceline Trail
    Mount Niles right of center with Mount Daly and Daly Glacier to left, and Takakkaw Falls in lower right, as seen from Iceline Trail

See also

References
  1. "Mount Niles, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  2. "Mount Niles". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
  3. "Mount Niles". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
  4. Kane, Alan (1999). "Mount Niles". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. pp. 274–275. ISBN 0-921102-67-4.
  5. "Mount Niles". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  6. Canadian Mountain Place Names - The Rockies and Columbia Mountains, Glen W. Boles, Roger W. Laurilla, William L. Putnam, Rocky Mountain Books, 2006, page 183.
  7. 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.
  8. Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  9. 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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