{{Short description|Mountain in British Columbia, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Foster Peak | image = Foster Peak Kootenay Park.jpg | image_caption = Foster Peak, east aspect | elevation_m = 3201 | elevation_ref=<ref name=bivouac/><ref name="pb"/>{{efn|Other sources give 3,204 m.<ref name=crdb/><ref name=otm>{{cite opentopomap|Foster Peak|51.065556|-116.164167|2023-07-12}}</ref>}} | prominence_m = 996 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=1642|name=Foster Peak|access-date=2019-03-12}}</ref> | range = {{ubl|Vermilion Range<ref name="pb"/>|Canadian Rockies}} | parent_peak = Mount Goodsir (3567 m)<ref name=bivouac/> | listing = Mountains of British Columbia | country = Canada | subdivision1_type = Province | subdivision1 = British Columbia | region_type = Protected area | region = Kootenay National Park<ref>NTS map 82N01 Mount Goodsir</ref> | district = Kootenay Land District | map = Canada British Columbia#Canada | map_caption = Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Foster Peak | coordinates = {{coord|51|03|56|N|116|09|51|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id= JAGQR |name= Foster Peak |access-date=2019-03-12}}</ref> | topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|1}}<ref name=cgndb/> | rock = Ottertail Limestone<ref name="Parks Canada">{{cite web|url=http://parkscanadahistory.com/geology/misc-report-9-1964.pdf|title=Kootenay National Park: wild mountains and great valleys|author=Bard, David M.|year=1964|publisher=Geological Survey of Canada|website=parkscanadahistory.com|access-date=2023-07-12}}</ref> | age = Cambrian<ref name="Parks Canada"/> | first_ascent = 1933 Kate Gardiner, Ken Jones, Walter Feuz<ref name=crdb/><ref name=bivouac/> | easiest_route = }}
'''Foster Peak''' is a {{Convert|3201|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located on the western border of Kootenay National Park. It is the highest point in the Vermilion Range, a sub-range of the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Ball, {{convert|14.96|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the northeast.<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger|pid=88605|name=Foster Peak, British Columbia|access-date=2021-05-05}}</ref> The mountain is part of what is known as The Rockwall. Floe Lake, southeast of the peak, is one of the beauty spots of Kootenay National Park. The area is accessible via the Floe Lake Trail and Rockwall Trail. The Rockwall Trail is a scenic {{cvt|55|km}} traverse of alpine passes, subalpine meadows, hanging glaciers, and limestone cliffs, in some places in excess of {{cvt|900|m}} above the trail.<ref name="pc">{{cite web|url=https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/bc/kootenay/activ/arrierepays-backcountry|title=Backpacking - Kootenay National Park|website=pc.gc.ca|access-date=2019-03-13}}</ref> __NOTOC__<!-- 2025-02-19 --> ==History== The mountain was named in 1913 after William Wasbrough Foster, who that same year made the first ascent of Mount Robson, the highest point in the Canadian Rockies.<ref name=crdb/><ref name=bcgnis>{{cite bcgnis|id=3631|name=Foster Peak|access-date=2019-03-13}}</ref> In 1925 Foster was part of the first ascent team that climbed Mount Logan, the highest point in Canada.<ref name="parksCanada2">{{cite web |publisher = Parks Canada|title = Conquering Mount Logan |url = http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/cseh-twih/archives2_E.asp?id=323 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171212063441/http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/cseh-twih/archives2_E.asp?id=323 |archive-date = December 12, 2017 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1927 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.<ref name=cgndb/> The first ascent of Foster Peak was made in 1933 by Kate (Katie) Gardiner and Ken Jones, with Walter Feuz as guide.<ref name=crdb>{{cite crdb|id=509|name=Foster Peak|access-date=2021-05-05}}</ref>
==Geology== Foster Peak 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.<ref name=gadd>{{citation|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}</ref>
==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Foster Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=Peel>{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}}</ref> Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains east into Floe Creek and Numa Creek which are both tributaries of the Vermilion River, or west into tributaries of the Kootenay River.
==See also== {{stack|{{Portal|Mountains}}}} *List of mountains in the Canadian Rockies *Geology of the Rocky Mountains *Geography of British Columbia
==References== {{reflist}} ;Notes {{notelist}}
==External links== * Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5956441/Canada/British%20Columbia/Foster%20Peak Foster Peak] * Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/bc/kootenay Kootenay National Park] * Foster Peak (photo): [https://www.flickr.com/photos/39990011@N06/6208990036/in/album-72157627811158156/ Flickr]
{{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Foster Peak | North = Numa Creek | Northeast = Numa Mountain | ENE = Numa Pass | East = Vermilion River | ESE = Floe Creek | Southeast = Floe Lake | South = Floe Peak | Southwest = Brisco Range | West = Kootenay River | Northwest = Hewitt Peak }} {{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}
Category:Three-thousanders of British Columbia Category:Vermilion Range (British Columbia) Category:Kootenay Land District