Glacier Pikes

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Glacier Pikes
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Glacier Pikes (upper left)
Highest point
Elevation 2,145 m (7,037 ft) [1]
Prominence 247 m (810 ft) [1]
Coordinates 49°52′46″N122°58′44″W / 49.87944°N 122.97889°W / 49.87944; -122.97889 [2]
Geography
Canada British Columbia relief location map.jpg
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Glacier Pikes
Location in British Columbia
Glacier Pikes
Interactive map of Glacier Pikes
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
District New Westminster Land District
Protected area Garibaldi Provincial Park
Parent range Garibaldi Ranges
Topo map NTS   92G15 Mamquam Mountain
Geology
Rock age Pleistocene
Mountain type Lava dome
Last eruption Pleistocene
Climbing
First ascent 1911 BCMC Party [3]
Easiest route Scramble

Glacier Pikes is a lava dome, located in the Garibaldi Lake volcanic field, British Columbia, Canada. The dome has two rocky points at the southern end of the Sentinel Glacier Neve. It is located within Garibaldi Provincial Park and is part of the Garibaldi Ranges of the Coast Mountains. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on May 3, 1951, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada. [2]

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Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Glacier Pikes is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America. [4] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Coast Mountains where they are forced upward by the range (Orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall. As a result, the Coast Mountains experience high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

View from Panorama Ridge with Guard Mountain (left), Glacier Pikes, Garibaldi Lake, The Table, Mt. Garibaldi, and Mount Price (right) Guard Mountain, The Table, Mt. Garibaldi, Mt. Price.jpg
View from Panorama Ridge with Guard Mountain (left), Glacier Pikes, Garibaldi Lake, The Table, Mt. Garibaldi, and Mount Price (right)
Aerial view looking southeast down at Glacier Pikes summit. Glacier Pikes aerial view.jpg
Aerial view looking southeast down at Glacier Pikes summit.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Glacier Pikes, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  2. 1 2 "Glacier Pikes". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  3. ↑ "Glacier Pikes". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  4. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . ISSN   1027-5606.


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