{{Short description|Mountain in the country of Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Phyllis's Engine | image = Trips 05 - Garibaldi - 45 - Phyllis Engine (90954468).jpg | image_caption = North-northwest aspect | elevation_m = 2517 | elevation_ref = <ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger|pid=66166|name=Phyllis's Engine, British Columbia|access-date=2023-01-21}}</ref> | prominence_m = 21 | prominence_ref = <ref name=peakvisor>{{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/phyllis-s-engine.html|title=Phyllis's Engine, Peakvisor.com|access-date=2023-01-21}}</ref> | parent_peak = Castle Towers Mountain<ref name=peakvisor/> | isolation_km = 0.13 | isolation_ref = <ref name=peakvisor/> | etymology = | country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = British Columbia | part_type = Protected&nbsp;area | part = Garibaldi Provincial Park | district = New Westminster Land District | range = Garibaldi Ranges<br />Coast Mountains | listing = Mountains of British Columbia | map = British Columbia#Canada | map_caption = Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada | label_position = right | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Phyllis's Engine | coordinates = {{coord|49|56|01|N|122|56|23|W|type:mountain_region:CA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=JDAWQ|name=Phyllis's Engine|access-date=2023-01-21}}</ref> | topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|92|G|15}}<ref name=cgndb/> | rock = granite<ref name="Culbert">Dick Culbert (1969), ''A Climber's Guide to the Coastal Ranges of British Columbia'', Alpine Club of Canada, p. 364</ref> | first_ascent = 1966 | easiest_route = {{YDS|5.8}} climbing }}

'''Phyllis's Engine''' is a {{convert|2517|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} granite pinnacle located in British Columbia, Canada.

==Description== Phyllis's Engine is set within Garibaldi Provincial Park and is part of the Garibaldi Ranges of the Coast Mountains.<ref name="pb"/> It is situated {{convert|71|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of Vancouver, {{convert|1.26|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north-northwest of Mount Carr, and {{convert|700|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}} south of line parent Castle Towers Mountain.<ref name="pb"/> Precipitation runoff and glacial meltwater from the west side of the peak drains to Garibaldi Lake, and the eastern slope drains to Cheakamus Lake. Topographic relief is significant as the west aspect rises {{convert|1,040|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}} in {{convert|3|km|mi|abbr=off|sp=us}}.

==History== The peak is named after Phyllis Dyke (Mrs. Edward Beltz), a pioneering British Columbia Mountaineering Club member who thought the arrangement of pinnacles and spires resembled a 19th-century steam locomotive, so her fellow climbers jokingly referred to the landform as "Phyllis's Engine", circa 1914.<ref>G. P. V. Akrigg, Helen B. Akrigg (1997), ''British Columbia Place Names'', UBC Press, {{ISBN|9780774806374}}, p. 207</ref> The name was formally submitted by Karl Ricker in 1978 as recommended by Neal Carter of the BC Mountaineering Club, and contrary to popular belief, the name does not refer to Phyllis Munday.<ref name="bcgnis">{{cite bcgnis|id=39314|title=Phyllis's Engine|accessdate=2023-01-21}}</ref> The toponym was adopted as "Phyllis' Engine" on March 9, 1979, and officially changed to "Phyllis's Engine" on January 6, 1995, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.<ref name=cgndb/>

The first ascent of Phyllis's Engine was made in 1966 by F. Gratwhol and T. Kempter.<ref name="Culbert"/>

==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Phyllis's Engine is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America.<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 | issn = 1027-5606}}</ref> Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Coast Mountains where they are forced upward by the range (Orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall. As a result, the Coast Mountains experience high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop below −20&nbsp;°C with wind chill factors below −30&nbsp;°C. This climate supports the Sphinx Glacier on the west slope and the Cheakamus Glacier on the east slope.

==Gallery== <div style="max-width: 500px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:Phyllis's Engine and Mount Carr.jpg|Phyllis's Engine (lower left) and Mount Carr (upper right) File:Trips 05 - Garibaldi - 07 - Phyllis Engine (90953684).jpg File:Phyllis's Engine.jpg|Phyllis's Engine, centered, viewed from west summit of Castle Towers Mountain. File:Garibaldi Lake 2.jpg|Castle Towers Mountain (left of center), Phyllis's Engine (center), Mt. Carr (right) viewed from Garibaldi Lake. Phyllis's Engine can be seen best when image is enlarged to maximum degree. </gallery></div>

==See also== * {{Portal-inline|Mountains|size=tiny}} * Geography of British Columbia

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * Phyllis's Engine: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6103954/Canada/British%20Columbia/Phyllis's%20Engine Weather forecast] * Phyllis's Engine Rock Climbing: [https://www.mountainproject.com/area/118735443/phyllis-engine Mountainproject.com]

{{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Phyllis's Engine | North = Cheakamus Lake<br />Castle Towers Mountain | Northeast = Mount Davidson | East = Cheakamus Glacier | Southeast = Mount Carr | South = The Sphinx | Southwest = Guard Mountain | West = Garibaldi Lake | Northwest = Polemonium Ridge }} {{Pacific Ranges}}

Category:Garibaldi Ranges Category:Two-thousanders of British Columbia Category:Sea-to-Sky Corridor Category:New Westminster Land District