{{short description|Mountain in Yoho NP, BC, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Niles | image = Mount Niles in Yoho National Park, Canada.jpg | image_caption = Mount Niles | elevation_m = 2967 | elevation_ref = <ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger|66836|Mount Niles, British Columbia|access-date=2019-09-21}}</ref> | prominence_m = 362 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=1679|name= Mount Niles |access-date=2019-03-20}}</ref> | range = Waputik Range<ref name="pb"/><br />Canadian Rockies | parent_peak = Mount Daly (3148&nbsp;m)<ref name=bivouac/> | listing = Mountains of British Columbia | location = Yoho National Park<br />British Columbia, Canada | district = Kootenay Land District | map = British Columbia#Canada | map_caption = Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Niles | coordinates = {{coord|51|30|18|N|116|25|16|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=JAZQH|name=Mount Niles|access-date=2019-03-20}}</ref> | topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|9}}<ref name=cgndb/> | rock = sedimentary rock | age = Cambrian | first_ascent = 1898 D. Campbell, C.E. Fay | easiest_route = Scrambling<ref name=Kane1999/> }}

'''Mount Niles''' is a {{Convert|2967|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} summit located in the Waputik Range of Yoho National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. The nearest higher peak is Mount Daly, {{convert|1.63|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the immediate northeast.<ref name="pb"/> Takakkaw Falls is situated four km to the west, the Waputik Icefield lies to the north, and Sherbrooke Lake lies to the south. Precipitation runoff from Mount Niles drains into the Yoho River and Niles Creek, both tributaries of the Kicking Horse River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises approximately 1,500&nbsp;meters (4,920&nbsp;feet) above Yoho Valley in four kilometers (2.5&nbsp;mile).

==History==

Charles Sproull Thompson (1869–1921) named the peak in 1898, for William H. Niles (1838–1910), president of the Appalachian Mountain Club and Professor of Geology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology who also did some mountaineering in the area.<ref name=peakfinder/><ref>Canadian Mountain Place Names - The Rockies and Columbia Mountains, Glen W. Boles, Roger W. Laurilla, William L. Putnam, Rocky Mountain Books, 2006, page 183.</ref>

The first ascent of the mountain was made in 1898 by D. Campbell and Charles E. Fay.<ref name=peakfinder>{{cite peakfinder|id=966|name=Mount Niles|access-date=2019-09-21}}</ref>

The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.<ref name=cgndb/>

==Geology==

Mount Niles is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.<ref name=Belyea1960>{{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.<ref name=gadd>{{cite book|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}</ref>

==Climate==

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Niles 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.

==Gallery== <div style="max-width: 500px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:Mount Niles.jpg|Mount Niles' south aspect seen from Sherbrooke Lake File:Mount Niles, Sherbrooke Lake.jpg|Mount Niles (centered in the distance) seen from Sherbrooke Lake File:Mounts Daly and Niles.jpg|Mount Niles right of center with Mount Daly and Daly Glacier to left, and Takakkaw Falls in lower right, as seen from Iceline Trail File:Niles from Stephen.jpg|South aspect of Mount Niles viewed from Mount Stephen </gallery> </div>

==See also== {{Portal|Mountains}} *Geography of British Columbia

==References== <references>

<ref name=Kane1999> {{cite book | title=Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies | author=Kane, Alan | chapter = Mount Niles | publisher=Rocky Mountain Books|location = Calgary | year=1999|isbn=0-921102-67-4|pages=274-275}}</ref>

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==External links== * Weather: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6082089/Canada/British%20Columbia/Mount%20Niles Mount Niles] * Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/bc/yoho Yoho National Park] *{{cite bcgnis|id=14329|name=Mount Niles}}

{{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Mount Niles | North = Waputik Icefield | Northeast = Mount Daly | East = Continental Divide | Southeast = Mount Bosworth | South = Mount Ogden | Southwest = Wapta Mountain | WSW = Yoho River | West = Takakkaw Falls | Northwest = Daly Glacier }}

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