Mount Hurd

Mount Hurd
Mt. Vaux centered with Mt. Hurd furthest right in this view from Emerald Lake
Highest point
Elevation3,000 m (9,800 ft)[1][2]
Prominence355 m (1,165 ft)[1][2]
Parent peakMount Vaux[1]
ListingMountains of British Columbia
Coordinates51°17′06″N 116°32′11″W / 51.28500°N 116.53639°W / 51.28500; -116.53639[3]
Geography
Mount Hurd is located in British Columbia
Mount Hurd
Mount Hurd
Location within British Columbia
Mount Hurd is located in Canada
Mount Hurd
Mount Hurd
Location within Canada
Country
Canada
Province
British Columbia
District
Kootenay Land District
Protected area
Yoho National Park
Parent range
Topo mapNTS 82N7 Golden[3]
Climbing
First ascent1948 Mr. and Mrs. E. Cromwell[4]

Mount Hurd is a mountain in the Ottertail Range of the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia, Canada. It was named after Major Marshall Farnam Hurd (1823-1903) a Canadian Pacific Railway engineer and explorer.[5] It was featured on a 1928 Canada Post 10¢ stamp based on a painting by Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Hurd is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Mount Hurd drains into tributaries of the Kicking Horse River which is a tributary of the Columbia River.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Hurd, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  2. ^ a b "Mount Hurd". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  3. ^ a b c "Mount Hurd". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  4. ^ "Mount Hurd". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  5. ^ "Mount Hurd". BC Geographical Names. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO). Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  6. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
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