Mount Fitzwilliam, BC
As the morning progressed and I headed east, the fog lifted exposing some spectacular Rocky Mountain scenery, including this peak, one of the most imposing that I've seen on this trip. It is Mount Fitzwilliam, one of the landmarks of Mount Robson Provincial Park situated just a few kilometres west of the Alberta-BC border. I guess it is the way that the clouds are gripping the summit and the appearance that the base of the mountain is more elevated than the roadway that gives it such a dramatic look. So much so that when I first saw it I thought that it would have been a good second choice for God to give Moses the Ten Commandments.
The mountain has an elevation of 2,907 m (9,538 ft) and is characterized by having two colour tones, dark at the top and lighter at the bottom. The bottom is said to be made of pale dolomite (magnesium and calcium carbonate) and the top part of quartzite (silica) covered with lichen that gives it the dark colour. It was named after the sixth Earl of Fitzwilliam (British aristocracy) who happened to be the father of Viscount Milton who travelled in this region in 1863.
Mount Fitzwilliam, BC
As the morning progressed and I headed east, the fog lifted exposing some spectacular Rocky Mountain scenery, including this peak, one of the most imposing that I've seen on this trip. It is Mount Fitzwilliam, one of the landmarks of Mount Robson Provincial Park situated just a few kilometres west of the Alberta-BC border. I guess it is the way that the clouds are gripping the summit and the appearance that the base of the mountain is more elevated than the roadway that gives it such a dramatic look. So much so that when I first saw it I thought that it would have been a good second choice for God to give Moses the Ten Commandments.
The mountain has an elevation of 2,907 m (9,538 ft) and is characterized by having two colour tones, dark at the top and lighter at the bottom. The bottom is said to be made of pale dolomite (magnesium and calcium carbonate) and the top part of quartzite (silica) covered with lichen that gives it the dark colour. It was named after the sixth Earl of Fitzwilliam (British aristocracy) who happened to be the father of Viscount Milton who travelled in this region in 1863.