Rugged Mountain

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Rugged Mountain
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NW aspect in February
Highest point
Elevation 1,861 m (6,106 ft) [1]
Prominence 1,571 m (5,154 ft) [1]
Parent peak Victoria Peak (2169 m) [1]
Listing
Coordinates 50°01′30″N126°40′40″W / 50.02500°N 126.67778°W / 50.02500; -126.67778 [2]
Geography
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Rugged Mountain
Location on Vancouver Island
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Rugged Mountain
Location in British Columbia
Rugged Mountain
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Location Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
DistrictRupert Land District
Parent range Haihte Range
Vancouver Island Ranges
Topo map NTS 92L2 Woss Lake [2]
Climbing
First ascent 1959 George Lepore [1]

Rugged Mountain is the apex of the Haihte Range on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. From it, several glaciers, Nootka Sound, Woss Lake and the Tlupana Range are in view.

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History

The first attempt at an ascent of Rugged Mountain occurs when Captain Hamilton Moffat, officer in charge of the Hudson's Bay Company post at Fort Rupert, near present-day Port Hardy, began a first exploration inland. On July 5, 1852 he gave up his attempt. He named the mountain Ben Lomand. This was the first recorded attempt to climb any of the major peaks of the Vancouver Island Ranges. [3]

The first successful ascent of Rugged Mountain was completed in 1959 by George Lepore and Chuck Smitson. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Rugged Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
  2. 1 2 "Rugged Mountain". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  3. Elms, p 19-20.
  4. Stone, p 424
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