Mount Pollinger is a summit in

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, Canada.

Description

Mount Pollinger is located in the northern end of

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, in the

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of the

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. Precipitation

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from Pollinger drains west to the

Amiskwi River The Amiskwi River is a stream of about in length in British Columbia, Canada. It is a tributary of the Kicking Horse River. The name ''Amiskwi'' is a Cree word for ''Beavertail''. Just as there is an Otterhead River and an Ottertail Rive ...

, and east into

Little Yoho River The Little Yoho River is a short river in British Columbia that flows east from Kiwetinok Lake, which is the highest named lake in Canada, and into the Yoho River about upstream from the mouth of the creek that Takakkaw Falls Takakkaw Falls (; ...

which in turn is a tributary of the

Yoho River The Yoho River is a silty, swift tributary of the Kicking Horse River in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The river is entirely within Yoho National Park. Course The Yoho River originates at the north end of Yoho National Park and ...

. Mount Pollinger is more notable for its steep rise above local terrain than for its absolute elevation as

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is significant with the summit rising over 1,200 meters (3,937 ft) above the Amiskwi Valley in and 800 meters (2,625 ft) above Little Yoho River in . The

Stanley Mitchell hut The Stanley Mitchell hut is an alpine hut located at an altitude of in the Little Yoho Valley in Yoho National Park, British Columbia. It sits in a small meadow not far from the base of a mountain called The President. It serves as a base for ...

is east of the peak in the Little Yoho Valley, and the nearest higher neighbor is Kiwetinok Peak, to the southwest.

History

The

first ascent In mountaineering, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in guide books) is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain or the first to follow a particular climbing route. First mountain ascents are notable because they e ...

of the mountain was made in 1901 by James Outram with guide Christian Kaufmann.

Edward Whymper Edward Whymper FRSE (27 April 184016 September 1911) was an English mountaineer, explorer, illustrator, and author best known for the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. Four members of his climbing party were killed during the descent. Wh ...

named this peak in 1901 for Joseph (Josef) Pollinger (1873–1943), an alpine guide from St. Niklaus, Switzerland, who visited Canada in 1901 with Whymper. During the short time he was in Canada, Pollinger made first ascents of

Mont des Poilus Mont des Poilus is a mountain summit located in Yoho National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Baker, to the north. Both are part of the Waputik Mountains. History It was named by Art ...

The President ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in En ...

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, Trolltinder Mountain, The Mitre,

Mount Collie Mount Collie is a mountain in Yoho National Park, located on the western boundary of the Wapta Icefield in Canada. The mountain was named in 1897 by Charles S. Thompson after J. Norman Collie, an accomplished mountaineer and early explorer of t ...

Isolated Peak Isolated Peak is a summit in British Columbia, Canada. Description Isolated Peak is located in Yoho National Park, in the Waputik Mountains of the Canadian Rockies. Precipitation runoff from Isolated Peak drains into tributaries of the Yoho R ...

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, Mount Whymper, Kiwetinok Peak, and Mount Marpole. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on March 31, 1924, by the

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Geology

Mount Pollinger is composed of

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laid down during the

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Jurassic The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya. The J ...

periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the

Laramide orogeny The Laramide orogeny was a time period of mountain building in western North America, which started in the Late Cretaceous, 70 to 80 million years ago, and ended 35 to 55 million years ago. The exact duration and ages of beginning and end of the o ...

Climate

Based on the

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, Mount Pollinger is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

Gallery

File:Iceline Trail view.jpg, L→Rː Kiwetinok Peak (partial), Mount Pollinger, Mount McArthur, Isolated Peak. File:Pollinger rock.jpg, Tilted sedimentary rock layers on the southeast ridge of Mount Pollinger

References

External links

* Josef Pollinger in memoriam
Americanalpineclub.org
* Mount Pollinger
Weather forecast
* Parks Canada web site
Yoho National Park
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