Mount Childs
Etymology
A peak was named by the Seattle Press Expedition to honor George William Childs (1829–1894), publisher of the Philadelphia Public Ledger newspaper. That peak is today known instead as Mount Barnes, and Mount Childs now resides two miles north of its original position. The name has not been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names, so the peak is not labelled on USGS maps.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Childs is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America. Weather fronts originating in the Pacific Ocean travel northeast toward the Olympic Mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snow. As a result, the Olympics experience high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall. Because of maritime influence, snow tends to be wet and heavy, resulting in avalanche danger. 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.
Geology
The Olympic Mountains are composed of obducted clastic wedge material and oceanic crust, primarily Eocene sandstone, turbidite, and basaltic oceanic crust. The mountains were sculpted during the Pleistocene era by erosion and glaciers advancing and retreating multiple times.
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See also
References
- ^ Olympic Mountain Rescue, Olympic Mountains: A Climbing Guide, 4th Edition, 2006, Mountaineers Books, ISBN 9780898862065, page 195.
- ^ ""Mount Childs" – 6,193' WA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- ^ "Mount Childs". Peakbagger.com.
- ^ First Ascents, climbersguideolympics.com
- ^ Robert Wood, 1988, Across the Olympic Mountains: The Press Expedition, 1889–90, Mountaineers Books, ISBN 9781594858284, page 217.
- ^ Roy Etten, North America, United States, Washington, Olympic Mountains, New Climbs in the Bailey Range, (1962), American Alpine Journal
- ^ 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.
- ^ McNulty, Tim (2009). Olympic National Park: A Natural History. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press.
- ^ Alt, D.D.; Hyndman, D.W. (1984). Roadside Geology of Washington. pp. 249–259. ISBN 0-87842-160-2.
External links
- "Olympic National Park". National Park Service.