Mount Battisti
Elk Lakes Provincial Park
Mount Battisti is a 3,155-metre (10,351-foot) mountain summit in British Columbia, Canada.
Description
Mount Battisti is set on the common boundary shared by Height of the Rockies Provincial Park and Elk Lakes Provincial Park.[2] It is part of the "Italian Group" which is a subrange of the Canadian Rockies.[1] The nearest higher neighbor is Mount Nivelle, 4.67 km (2.90 mi) to the north-northwest.[2] Precipitation runoff from the mountain's west slope drains into the White River and the east slope drains into headwaters of Cadorna Creek which is a tributary of the Elk River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above the White River in two kilometres (1.2 mile). Mt. Battisti is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Cambrian period.[3] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. The mountain's toponym was applied in 1918 to commemorate Italian alpinist Cesare Battisti (1875–1916).[1]
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Battisti is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[4] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C (–4 °F) with wind chill factors below −30 °C (–22 °F). This climate supports small unnamed glaciers below the peak's north and east faces. The months of July through September offer the most favorable weather for climbing this peak.
See also
References
- ^ a b c Glen W. Boles, William Lowell Putnam, Roger W. Laurilla (2006), Canadian Mountain Place Names: The Rockies and Columbia Mountains, Rocky Mountain Books, ISBN 9781894765794, p. 38.
- ^ a b c d e f "Mount Battisti, Peakvisor.com". Retrieved 2023-10-16.
- ^ Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
- ^ 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.
External links
- BC Parks: Elk Lakes Provincial Park
- BC Parks: Height of the Rockies Provincial Park
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