Mount Carrie
History
The Olympic Peninsula was largely unmapped until surveyors Arthur Dodwell and Theodore Rixon mapped most of its topography between 1898 and 1900, and what is now Mt. Carrie, was in 1899 one of the last remaining unnamed mountains in the Olympic range. The mountain was named by Theodore Rixon for his wife Caroline "Carrie" (Jones) Rixon. Carrie Rixon was a noted artist, painter, singer, and taught music to children. The Rixons lived at a 160-acre homestead she called Fairholme at the west end of Lake Crescent, until they moved to Teahwhit Head in 1916. Carrie died on May 20, 1946.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Carrie is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America. Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel northeast toward the Olympic Mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks of the Olympic Range, causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall (Orographic lift). As a result, the Olympics experience high precipitation, especially during the winter months. During winter months, weather is usually cloudy, but, due to high pressure systems over the Pacific Ocean that intensify during summer months, there is often little or no cloud cover during the summer. In terms of favorable weather, the best months for viewing and climbing are July through September.
Gallery
See also
References
- ^ "Mount Carrie". Peakbagger.com.
- ^ National Park Service Geology of the Olympic Peninsula
- ^ climbersguideolympics.com Mount Carrie
- ^ "Mount Carrie". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-918664-00-6.
- ^ Parratt, Smitty (1984). Gods and Goblins: A Field Guide to Place Names of Olympic National Park (1st ed.).
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.
External links
- "Olympic National Park". National Park Service.
- Mount Carrie weather: Mountain Forecast
- Carrie Rixon photo: University of Washington digital library
- Mount Carrie aerial photo: PBase