Mount Roberts (Rossland Range)

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Mount Roberts
Mount Roberts.jpg
North aspect in winter
Highest point
Elevation 1,991 m (6,532 ft) [1]
Prominence 182 m (597 ft) [1]
Parent peak Record Mountain [1]
Isolation 1.68 km (1.04 mi) [2]
Listing Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates 49°05′15″N117°51′37″W / 49.08750°N 117.86028°W / 49.08750; -117.86028 [3]
Naming
Etymology Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
Geography
Canada British Columbia relief location map.jpg
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Mount Roberts
Location in British Columbia
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Mount Roberts
Location in Canada
Mount Roberts (Rossland Range)
Interactive map of Mount Roberts
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
District Kootenay Land District
Parent range Rossland Range
Topo map NTS 82F4 Trail [4]
Climbing
Easiest route Mt. Roberts Trail [1]

Mount Roberts is a 1,991-metre (6,532-foot) mountain summit in British Columbia, Canada.

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Description

Mount Roberts is part of the Rossland Range which is a subrange of the Monashee Mountains. [2] The peak is located four kilometres (2.5 mi) west-northwest of the community of Rossland and three kilometres (1.9 mi) southwest of the Red Mountain Ski Resort. Precipitation runoff from the peak drains into tributaries of the Columbia River. [2] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises nearly 1,000 metres (3,280 ft) above Little Sheep Creek in two kilometres (1.2 mi). An ascent of the summit involves hiking 7.64 kilometres (4.75 miles) and 895 metres (2,936 feet) of elevation gain, with the months of June through October offering the best time for visiting. [5] It is an annual Canada Day tradition for residents of Rossland to raise the Canadian flag on the flagpole on the summit on July 1. [6]

Etymology

The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on June 2, 1950, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada. [4] However, the name was published as early as 1901, if not earlier, as the townspeople of Rossland named the mountain for Lord Roberts (1832–1914). [7] As head of the British Forces which entered Pretoria on June 5, 1900, Lord Roberts' stirred the Rossland residents to honor his victory of the Second Boer War. They also erected a flagpole at the summit in 1900 to fly the British flag in honor of Lord Roberts.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Roberts is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and warm summers. [8] Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °C with wind chill factors below −20 °C. The peak receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter and as thunderstorms in summer.

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Mount Roberts, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
  3. "Mount Roberts". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2024-03-16.
  4. 1 2 "Mount Roberts". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2024-03-16.
  5. Mount Roberts, West Kootenay Hiking, westkootenayhiking.ca, Retrieved 2024-03-16.
  6. Rossland celebrates Canada Day in true alpine style, Rossland News, July 6, 2011, rosslandnews.com
  7. J. Mayne Baltimore, From Mount Roberts' Summit, The Cascadian Magazine, Volume 17, 1901, p. 429.
  8. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN   1027-5606.