Mount Monashee

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Mount Monashee
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Mount Monashee
Location in British Columbia
Highest point
Elevation 3,274 m (10,741 ft)
Prominence 2,394 m (7,854 ft)
Listing
Coordinates 52°23′7″N118°56′24″W / 52.38528°N 118.94000°W / 52.38528; -118.94000
Geography
Location British Columbia, Canada
Parent range Monashee Mountains
Climbing
First ascent 1952 by Sterling B. Hendricks, Arnold Wexler, Donald Hubbard

Mount Monashee is a summit in British Columbia. At an elevation of 3274 meters (10,741 feet), it is the highest point in the Monashee Mountains. [1]

Mount Monashee was first summited by Arnold Wexler, Sterling Hendricks, and Donald Hubbard in 1952, during a trip through the range wherein they also summited Mount Hallam and Dominion Mountain for the first times, and found a new path up Mount Lempriere. [2]

Mount Monashee is the type locality of a formerly recognized subspecies of American pika. The Monashees American pika was no longer recognized as a distinct subspecies in 2010 after studies in genetic markers, call dialects, and skull measurements done by David Hafner and Andrew Smith showed there was mingling of pika populations in British Columbia. [3]

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References

  1. "Mount Monashee - Peakbagger.com". www.peakbagger.com. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  2. Scott, Chic (2000). Pushing the limits: the Story of Canadian Mountaineering. Calgary, Alberta. p. 267. ISBN   0-921102-59-3. OCLC   45707893.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. Penn, Briony (2015). The real thing: the natural history of Ian McTaggart Cowan (1 ed.). Victoria, British Columbia: Rocky Mountain Books. p. 232. ISBN   978-1-77160-072-9. OCLC   903769920.