Mount Hurd Explained

Mount Hurd
Photo Size:270
Elevation M:3000
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:355
Prominence Ref:[2]
Parent Peak:Mount Vaux
Listing:Mountains of British Columbia
Region Type:Province
Region:British Columbia
Part Type:Protected area
Part:Yoho National Park
District:Kootenay Land District
Map:Canada British Columbia#Canada
Label Position:left
Coordinates:51.285°N -116.5364°W
Coordinates Ref:[3]

Mount Hurd is a mountain in the Ottertail Range of the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia, Canada. It was named after Major Marshall Farnam Hurd (1823-1903) a Canadian Pacific Railway engineer and explorer. It was featured on a 1928 Canada Post 10¢ stamp based on a painting by Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Hurd is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[4] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Mount Hurd drains into tributaries of the Kicking Horse River which is a tributary of the Columbia River.

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Notes and References

  1. 4626. Mount Hurd, British Columbia. 2019-12-12.
  2. 1625. Mount Hurd. 2021-07-27.
  3. JBBZR. Mount Hurd. 2021-07-27.
  4. Peel, M. C. . Finlayson, B. L. . McMahon, T. A. . amp . 2007 . Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification . Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. . 11 . 5 . 1633–1644 . 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . free . 2007HESS...11.1633P . 1027-5606.