Mount Carr | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,590 m (8,497 ft) [1] [2] |
Prominence | 133 m (436 ft) [1] |
Parent peak | Castle Towers Mountain [2] |
Isolation | 1.61 km (1.00 mi) [2] |
Listing | Mountains of British Columbia |
Coordinates | 49°55′27″N122°55′52″W / 49.92417°N 122.93111°W [3] |
Naming | |
Etymology | Pvt. Frank Edward Carr |
Geography | |
Interactive map of Mount Carr | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
District | New Westminster Land District |
Protected area | Garibaldi Provincial Park |
Parent range | Garibaldi Ranges Coast Mountains |
Topo map | NTS 92G15 Mamquam Mountain [3] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1911 |
Easiest route | via Sphinx Glacier [4] |
Mount Carr is a 2,590-metre (8,497-foot) mountain summit located in British Columbia, Canada.
Mount Carr is set within Garibaldi Provincial Park and is part of the Garibaldi Ranges of the Coast Mountains. [1] It is situated 70 km (43 mi) north of Vancouver and 2 km (1 mi) south-southeast of line parent Castle Towers Mountain. [1] Precipitation runoff and glacial meltwater from the west side of the peak drains to Garibaldi Lake, and the eastern slope drains to Cheakamus Lake. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,440 meters (4,724 feet) above Isosceles Creek in 4 kilometers (2.5 miles).
The peak is named after Frank Edward Carr (1886–1915), Vancouver post office clerk and British Columbia Mountaineering Club executive member, who served with the 7th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Forces, in Canada, England and France during World War I. [5] He was killed in action April 26, 1915, in France and is commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in Belgium. [6] The toponym was officially adopted September 2, 1930, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada. [3]
The first ascent of Mt. Carr, which at the time was known as Copper Peak, was made in 1911 by a large BC Mountaineering Club party including Don Munday. [4] [7]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Carr is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America. [8] 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. This climate supports the Sphinx Glacier on the west slope, Gray Glacier on the east, and the Cheakamus Glacier on the north slope.
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Castle Towers Mountain is a triple summit mountain on the east side of Garibaldi Lake in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. The first ascent party from the BC Mountaineering Club named the mountain after its appearance in August 1911.
Overlord Mountain is a 2,625-metre (8,612-foot) glacier-clad peak located in the Garibaldi Ranges of the Coast Mountains, in Garibaldi Provincial Park of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the highest point of the Fitzsimmons Range, which is a subset of the Garibaldi Ranges, and can be readily seen from the Whistler Blackcomb ski area. It is situated 15 km (9 mi) southeast of Whistler, and its nearest higher peak is Mount Macbeth, 3 km (2 mi) to the north-northeast. The Benvolio Glacier rests below the south aspect of the summit, the Fitzsimmons Glacier on the east aspect, and the expansive Overlord Glacier spans the northern and western aspects of the mountain. Precipitation runoff from the peak and meltwater from its glaciers drains into tributaries of the Cheakamus River. The first ascent of the mountain was made in 1923 by Phyllis Munday and Don Munday via the Benvolio Glacier. The mountain's descriptive name was recommended by the Garibaldi Park Board and officially adopted on September 2, 1930, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.
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