• Source: Mount Dennis (Yoho)

      • Mount Dennis is a 2,549-metre (8,363-foot) mountain summit located three kilometres south of Field in Yoho National Park, in the Park Ranges of British Columbia, Canada. The nearest higher neighbor is Mount Stephen, 4.0 km (2.5 mi) to the northeast, and Mount Burgess is six kilometres north on the opposite side of the Kicking Horse River valley. Mount Dennis has over 1,200-metre (3,900-foot) of vertical relief above Highway 1, the Trans-Canada Highway, which traverses the northwest foot of the mountain. Precipitation runoff from Mount Dennis drains into tributaries of the Kicking Horse River which in turn is a tributary of the Columbia River.


      History


      The first ascent of the mountain was made in 1887 by James J. McArthur of the Dominion Land Survey.
      The mountain was named in 1916 by Alexander MacKinnon Burgess for Lieutenant-Colonel John Stoughton Dennis (1820–1885), a Canadian surveyor who proposed the Dominion Land Survey system in 1869.
      The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.


      Geology


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


      Climate


      Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Dennis 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. Weather conditions during winter make Mount Dennis one of the premier places in the Rockies for ice climbing.


      Ice climbing routes


      Ice climbing routes with grades on Mount Dennis

      Carlsberg Column - WI5
      Guinness Gully - WI4
      Pilsner Pillar - WI6
      Cascade Kronenbourg - WI6
      Last Call - WI3


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      See also


      Geography of British Columbia
      Mountains portal


      References




      External links


      Weather forecast: Mount Dennis
      Parks Canada web site: Yoho National Park
      Dictionary of Canadian Biography: John Stoughton Dennis

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