Houdini Needles is a mountain in
British Columbia, Canada.
Description
Houdini Needles is part of the
Adamant Range which is a subrange of the
Selkirk Mountains
The Selkirk Mountains are a mountain range spanning the northern portion of the Idaho Panhandle, eastern Washington, and southeastern British Columbia which are part of a larger grouping of mountains, the Columbia Mountains. They begin at Mica Pe ...
.
[ It is located northwest of ]Golden
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and north of Glacier National Park. Houdini Needles is glaciated with the Gothics Glacier to the south of the peaks. Precipitation runoff and glacial meltwater from the mountain drains to Kinbasket Lake
Kinbasket Lake (or Kinbasket Reservoir) is a reservoir on the Columbia River in southeast British Columbia, north of the city of Revelstoke and the town of Golden. The reservoir was created by the construction of the Mica Dam. The lake includes tw ...
via Smith Creek. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,560 metres (5,418 ft) above Smith Creek in .
History
The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on March 4, 1965, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada
The Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) is a national committee with a secretariat in Natural Resources Canada, part of the Government of Canada, which authorizes the names used and name changes on official federal government maps of Canada ...
.[ The mountain was named by William Lowell Putnam III who explained "When we first saw them from the Echo Glacier they looked so impressive and impossible that we decided only Houdini could get them...."][ Putnam, along with ]Andrew Kauffman
Andrew J. Kauffman II (1920–2002) was an American mountaineer who made the first ascent of Gasherbrum I on 5 July 1958 alongside Pete Schoening. He also made the first ascent of Mount Proteus in 1947. Kauffman also served as vice president of t ...
, Benjamin Ferris and Henry Pinkham, were the members of the party who made the first ascent of the peaks in 1948.[William Lowell Putnam, ''A Climber's Guide to the Interior Ranges of British Columbia – north'', American Alpine Club and the Alpine Club of Canada, 1975, p. 87.]
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Houdini Needles is located in a subarctic climate
The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of an ocean, ge ...
zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.
See also
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* Geography of British Columbia
References
External links
* Weather
Houdini Needles
{{Geographic Location 2
, Center = Houdini Needles
, North = Fairy Meadow
, Northeast = Smith Creek
, East = Kinbasket Lake
Kinbasket Lake (or Kinbasket Reservoir) is a reservoir on the Columbia River in southeast British Columbia, north of the city of Revelstoke and the town of Golden. The reservoir was created by the construction of the Mica Dam. The lake includes tw ...
, Southeast = Ygdrasil Mountain
Ygdrasil Mountain is a mountain in British Columbia, Canada.
Description
Ygdrasil Mountain is part of the Adamant Range which is a subrange of the Selkirk Mountains. It is located northwest of Golden and north of Glacier National Park. Ygd ...
, South = Gothics Glacier
, Southwest = Sentinel Peak
, West = Granite Glacier
, Northwest = Doubletop Mountain
Two-thousanders of British Columbia
Selkirk Mountains
Columbia Country
Kootenay Land District