# Mount Collie

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{{short description|Mountain in Yoho NP, BC, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Collie
| image = Mount Collie, Wapta Icefield, and Portal Peak.jpg
| image_caption = Mount Collie centered in the distance beyond [Portal Peak](/source/Portal_Peak). (Seen from Cirque Peak)
| elevation_m = 3143
| elevation_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=1670|name=Mount Collie|access-date=2013-06-09}}</ref>
| prominence_m = 423
| prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac/>
| range = [Waputik Mountains](/source/Waputik_Mountains)
| parent_peak = [Mont des Poilus](/source/Mont_des_Poilus) (3166&nbsp;m)<ref name=bivouac/>
| listing = [Mountains of British Columbia](/source/List_of_mountains_of_British_Columbia)
| location = [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), [Canada](/source/Canada)
| map = Canada British Columbia
| map_caption = Location in eastern British Columbia
| map_size = 250
| label_position = left
| coordinates = {{coord|51|37|02|N|116|35|30|W|type:mountain_region:CA-BC_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = <ref name=bcgnis>{{cite bcgnis|id=10860|title=Mount Collie|access-date=2013-06-09}}</ref>
| topo = [NTS](/source/National_Topographic_System) {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|10}}<ref name=bcgnis/>
| first_ascent = 1901 by [Christian Kaufmann](/source/Christian_Kaufmann_(alpine_guide)), [Christian Klucker](/source/Christian_Klucker), and Joseph Pollinger guiding [James Outram](/source/James_Outram_(mountaineer)) and [Edward Whymper](/source/Edward_Whymper)<ref name=crdb/>
| easiest_route = glacier/snow climb
}}

'''Mount Collie''' is a [mountain](/source/mountain) in [Yoho National Park](/source/Yoho_National_Park), located on the western boundary of the [Wapta Icefield](/source/Wapta_Icefield) in Canada. The mountain was named in 1897 by Charles S. Thompson after [J. Norman Collie](/source/J._Norman_Collie), an accomplished mountaineer and early explorer of the [Canadian Rockies](/source/Canadian_Rockies).<ref name=bcgnis/><ref name=crdb>{{cite crdb|id=293|name=Mount Collie|access-date=2004-07-10}}</ref>
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==Geology==
Mount Collie is composed of [sedimentary rock](/source/sedimentary_rock) laid down during the [Precambrian](/source/Precambrian) to [Jurassic](/source/Jurassic) periods.<ref>{{Belyea-Banff-NP}}</ref> Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the [Laramide orogeny](/source/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](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification), Mount Collie is located in a [subarctic climate](/source/subarctic_climate) with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=KGcc2007>{{Cite Köppen-Geiger cc 2007}}</ref> Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

==See also==
*[Geography of British Columbia](/source/Geography_of_British_Columbia)

==References==
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{{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}

==External links==
*{{Cite bcgnis|id=10860 |title=Mount Collie}}

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Category:Three-thousanders of British Columbia
Category:Waputik Mountains
Category:Kootenay Land District

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