Mount Ethelbert
Northeast aspect
Highest point
Elevation3,176 m (10,420 ft)[1][2]
Prominence1,036 m (3,399 ft)[1]
Parent peakHowser Spire (3,412 m)[3]
Isolation17.6 km (10.9 mi)[1]
ListingMountains of British Columbia
Coordinates50°46′33″N 116°32′40″W / 50.77583°N 116.54444°W / 50.77583; -116.54444[4]
Naming
EtymologySister Ethelbert[5]
Geography
Mount Ethelbert is located in British Columbia
Mount Ethelbert
Mount Ethelbert
Location in British Columbia
Mount Ethelbert is located in Canada
Mount Ethelbert
Mount Ethelbert
Mount Ethelbert (Canada)
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
DistrictKootenay Land District
Parent rangeSeptet Range[6]
Purcell Mountains
Topo mapNTS 82K15 Bugaboo Creek
Climbing
First ascentJuly 19, 1915
Easiest routeScrambling Southwest ridge[7]

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

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 to be 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 were 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.

See also

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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