Mount Fitzhenry
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Fitzhenry 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, weather is usually cloudy, but, due to high-pressure systems over the Pacific Ocean that intensify during summer, 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.
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
- ^ "Mount Fitzhenry". Peakbagger.com.
- ^ "Fitzhenry, Mount - 6,075' WA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
- ^ climbersguideolympics.com Mount Fitzhenry
- ^ "Mount Fitzhenry". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- ^ Parratt, Smitty (1984). Gods and Goblins: A Field Guide to Place Names of Olympic National Park (1st ed.).
- ^ https://www.olsonengr.com/download/globios/fitzhenryedwardabio2.pdf
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. S2CID 9654551.
- ^ Alt, D.D.; Hyndman, D.W. (1984). Roadside Geology of Washington. Mountain Press Publishing Company. pp. 249–259. ISBN 0-87842-160-2.
External links
- "Olympic National Park". National Park Service.
- Mount Fitzhenry: weather forecast
- Edward A. Fitzhenry biography