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Mount Drysdale
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Mount Drysdale (left of center) with the Rockwall (right) as seen from Rockwall Pass
Highest point
Elevation 2,932 m (9,619 ft)
Prominence 162 m (531 ft)
Parent peak Rockwall Peak (2979  m)
Listing Mountains of British Columbia
Geography
Mount Drysdale is located in British Columbia
Mount Drysdale
Mount Drysdale
Location in British Columbia
Mount Drysdale is located in Canada
Mount Drysdale
Mount Drysdale
Location in Canada
Location Kootenay National Park
British Columbia, Canada
Parent range Vermilion Range
Canadian Rockies
Topo map NTS 82N/01
Geology
Age of rock Cambrian
Type of rock Ottertail Limestone
Climbing
First ascent John Peck, Dornacilla Peck, (Dornacilla Drysdale), and Dr. Morley Tuttle

Mount Drysdale is a 2,932-metre (9,619-foot) mountain summit located on the western border of Kootenay National Park in the Vermilion Range, which is a sub-range of the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Rockwall Peak, 1.0 km (0.62 mi) to the west. The mountain is part of what is known as the Rockwall which is an escarpment of the Vermilion Range. The Rockwall Trail is a scenic 55 kilometre (34 mile) traverse of alpine passes, subalpine meadows, hanging glaciers, and limestone cliffs, in some places in excess of 900 m (2,950 ft) above the trail.

History

The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada to honor Charles Wales Drysdale (1885-1917), a member of the Geological Survey of Canada who drowned in the Kootenay River on July 10, 1917, along with his assistant William Gray when their raft capsized and both were swept away while working on a field survey. Mount Drysdale and Mount Gray form the buttresses on either side of Wolverine Pass.

The first ascent of Mount Drysdale was made by John Peck, Dr. Morley Tuttle and Dornacilla Peck (Dornacilla Drysdale), who was Drysdale's eldest daughter.

Geology

Mount Drysdale is composed of Ottertail limestone, a sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Drysdale is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains east into tributaries of the Vermilion River, or west into tributaries of the Beaverfoot River.

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