Mount Ethelbert

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Mount Ethelbert
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Northeast aspect
Highest point
Elevation 3,176 m (10,420 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 1,036 m (3,399 ft) [1]
Parent peak Howser Spire (3,412 m) [3]
Isolation 17.6 km (10.9 mi) [1]
Listing Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates 50°46′33″N116°32′40″W / 50.77583°N 116.54444°W / 50.77583; -116.54444 [4]
Naming
Etymology Sister Ethelbert [5]
Geography
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Mount Ethelbert
Location in British Columbia
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Mount Ethelbert
Location in Canada
Mount Ethelbert
Interactive map of Mount Ethelbert
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
District Kootenay Land District
Parent range Septet Range [6]
Purcell Mountains
Topo map NTS 82K15 Bugaboo Creek
Climbing
First ascent July 19, 1915
Easiest route Scrambling Southwest ridge [7]

Mount Ethelbert is a 3,176-metre (10,420-foot) mountain summit in British Columbia, Canada.

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Description

Mount Ethelbert is located 47 km (29 mi) northwest of Invermere, 19 km (12 mi) southwest of Spillimacheen, and can be seen from BC Highway 95. [8] It is situated on the west side of the Rocky Mountain Trench and east of The Bugaboos. Mount Ethelbert is the highest point of the Septet Range which is a subset of the Purcell Mountains. [9] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains east to the Columbia River via Dunbar Creek and Templeton River. Mount Ethelbert is notable for its steep rise above local terrain as topographic relief is significant with the summit rising over 1,400 meters (4,593 ft) above the Templeton River valley in 2 km (1.2 mi) and over 1,450 meters (4,757 ft) above Climax Lake in the Dunbar valley in 2 km (1.2 mi).

History

The mountain is named after Sister Ethelbert, the first nun to ascend the upper Columbia River who died aboard Captain Armstrong's river boat, the Ptarmigan . [7] Armstrong named the mountain after her. [8] The toponym was officially adopted on June 9, 1960, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada. [4]

The first ascent of the summit was made in 1915 by Dr. and Mrs. Winthrop Stone, Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. MacCarthy, Herbert Otto Frind, with guide Conrad Kain. [10] [11] Margaret Stone was given the honor of being the first of the group to summit since she was the only member of the party without a prior first ascent to their credit. Six years later tragedy struck when her husband fell to his death while the couple was making the first ascent of Eon Mountain, and she was stranded alone on the mountain for eight days before rescuers arrived. [12]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Ethelbert is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [13] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Ethelbert, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  2. ↑ BC Basemap topographic map
  3. ↑ "Mount Ethelbert, Peakvisor.com" . Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  4. 1 2 "Mount Ethelbert". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  5. ↑ G.P. (Philip) V. Akrigg, Helen Akrigg (2011), British Columbia Place Names, Third Edition, UBC Press, ISBN   9780774841702, p. 77.
  6. ↑ "Septet Range". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  7. 1 2 Aaron Cameron, Matt Gunn (2009), Hikes Around Invermere & the Columbia River Valley, Rocky Mountain Books, ISBN   9781897522516, p. 47.
  8. 1 2 "Mount Ethelbert". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  9. ↑ "Septet Range, Peakvisor.com" . Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  10. ↑ The Canadian Gazette, The Conquest of Mount Ethelbert, November 18, 1915, p. 147.
  11. ↑ "Albert H. MacCarthy". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  12. ↑ Kayla Cazes, One Hundred Years: Tragedy on Mount Eon, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
  13. ↑ 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): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . ISSN   1027-5606. S2CID   9654551.
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