Mount Payne

Mount Payne is a 2,468-metre (8,097-foot) mountain summit located in the Canadian Cascades of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is situated 27 km (17 mi) southeast of Hope, 14 km (9 mi) northeast of Chilliwack Lake, and 4 km (2 mi) west of Silvertip Mountain, which is its nearest higher peak. Following Silvertip, Mount Payne is the second-highest summit in the Hope Mountains, a subset of the Skagit Range.[3] The peak was first climbed in 1950 by J. Bussell, H. Genschorek, I. Kay, A. Melville, and W. Sparling.[1] The peak was named for Damasus Payne, a Benedictine monk and mountaineer who fell to his death on Edge Peak in 1978.[1] Payne was responsible for naming mountains such as Mount Rohr and Mount Duke. He also carried all the materials for mass and communion up to the summit of Slesse Mountain to perform a ceremony to honor the victims of Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810.[1] Mt. Payne's name was officially adopted May 7, 1984, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[4] Precipitation runoff from the peak drains into headwaters of the Sumallo River, and into the Klesilkwa River, which is a tributary of the Skagit .

Silvertip Mountain (left), Mt. Rideout (centered on skyline), Mt. Payne (right) viewed from the north.
Mount Payne
Mount Payne seen from Eaton Peak
Highest point
Elevation2,468 m (8,097 ft)[1]
Prominence378 m (1,240 ft)[1]
Parent peakSilvertip Mountain[1]
ListingMountains of British Columbia
Coordinates49°10′04″N 121°16′29″W[2]
Geography
Mount Payne is located in British Columbia
Mount Payne
Mount Payne
Location in British Columbia
Mount Payne is located in Canada
Mount Payne
Mount Payne
Mount Payne (Canada)
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
DistrictYale Division Yale Land District
Parent rangeSkagit Range
Canadian Cascades
Topo mapNTS 92H3 Skagit River[2]
Geology
Mountain typeIntrusive
Type of rockgranitic
Climbing
First ascent1950 J. Bussell, H. Genschorek, I. Kay, A. Melville, W. Sparling[1]
Easiest routeScramble via south ridge[1]

Geology

Mount Payne is related to the Chilliwack batholith, which intruded the region 26 to 29 million years ago after the major orogenic episodes in the region. This is part of the Pemberton Volcanic Belt, an eroded volcanic belt that formed as a result of subduction of the Farallon Plate starting 29 million years ago.[5][6][7]

During the Pleistocene period dating back over two million years ago, glaciation advancing and retreating repeatedly scoured the landscape leaving deposits of rock debris.[8] The "U"-shaped cross section of the river valleys are a result of recent glaciation. Uplift and faulting in combination with glaciation have been the dominant processes which have created the tall peaks and deep valleys of the North Cascades area.

The North Cascades features some of the most rugged topography in the Cascade Range with craggy peaks and ridges, deep glacial valleys, and granite spires. Geological events occurring many years ago created the diverse topography and drastic elevation changes over the Cascade Range leading to various climate differences which lead to vegetation variety defining the ecoregions in this area.

Climate

Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Cascade Range where they are forced upward by the range (Orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall. As a result, the Cascade Mountains experience high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall. Temperatures can drop below −20 °C (−4 °F) with wind chill factors below −30 °C (−22 °F). The months July through September offer the most favorable weather for climbing Mount Payne.

See also

References
  1. "Mount Payne". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  2. "Mount Payne". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  3. "Mount Payne, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  4. "Mount Payne". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  5. Cenozoic to Recent plate configurations in the Pacific Basin: Ridge subduction and slab window magmatism in western North America
  6. "Miocene peralkaline volcanism in west-central British Columbia - Its temporal and plate-tectonics setting" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  7. Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Franklin Glacier Archived 2010-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Kruckeberg, Arthur (1991). The Natural History of Puget Sound Country. University of Washington Press.
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