Selkirk Mountains

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Selkirk Mountains
Location of the Selkirk Mountains

Location of the Selkirk Mountains

The Stoney Creek Bridge at Rogers Pass

The Stoney Creek Bridge at Rogers Pass

Highest peak Mount Sir Sandford ( 3519  m )
location British Columbia (Canada),
Idaho , Washington (USA)
part of Columbia Mountains
Coordinates 51 ° 39 ′  N , 117 ° 52 ′  W Coordinates: 51 ° 39 ′  N , 117 ° 52 ′  W

The Selkirk Mountains (German: Selkirk or Selkirkberge ) are one of the mountain ranges of the Columbia Mountains and was named after the Scottish philanthropist Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk named. The mountain range, which is around 320 kilometers long in north-south direction, extends from the southern part of the Canadian province of British Columbia to the United States of America , where, after crossing the state border in the northern regions of the US states of Washington and Idaho, it increasingly flattens and flattens out ends approximately at the level of Coeur d'Alene . The highest point is Mount Sir Sandford at 3519 meters , followed by Mount Dawson at 3377 meters and Mount Selwyn at 3355 meters . These mountains are all in the Canadian part of the mountain range. In the US-American part, the 2351 meter high South Selkirk Crest is the highest point. The Selkirk Mountains are separated from the Monashee Mountains to the west by the Columbia River . To the east, the Kootenay River mainly separates the Selkirk Mountains from the Purcell Mountains .

A popular holiday destination is particularly the north of the Selkirk Mountains, which is made up mainly of Precambrian rocks, where Mount Revelstoke and the Glacier National Park are also located. In the latter is also the Rogers Pass , the most famous mountain pass in the mountain range, which is crossed at an altitude of 1330 meters by British Columbia Highway 1 , which here forms the southwest route of the Trans-Canada Highway . A Canadian Pacific Railway also crosses the mountain range here.

In the southern part of the Selkirk Mountains, large ore deposits of lead , zinc and silver were mined in the Sullivan Mine near the small town of Kimberley until 2001 .

Winter sports enthusiasts appreciate the Selkirk Mountains, in which around 15 meters of snow fall annually, especially the opportunities for heli-skiing .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Durrand Glacier in the northern Selkirk Mountains Information page in German about skiing and hiking tourism in the Selkirk Mountains, accessed on www.selkirkexperience.com on March 26, 2014
  2. ↑ Selkirk Wilderness Skiing website in English on "Wilderness skiing" and "Cat skiing" in the Selkirk Mountains, accessed at www.selkirkwilderness.com on March 26, 2014