Mount Mummery Explained

Mount Mummery
Elevation M:3328
Prominence M:481
Prominence Ref:[1]
Range:Freshfield Icefield Ranges
Park Ranges[2]
Canadian Rockies
Parent Peak:Mount Barnard (3339 m)
Listing:Mountains of British Columbia
Location:British Columbia, Canada
District:Kootenay Land District
Map:Canada British Columbia#Canada
Coordinates:51.6647°N -116.85°W
Coordinates Ref:[3]
Rock:Sedimentary
Age:Cambrian
First Ascent:1906

Mount Mummery is a 33280NaN0 glaciated double summit mountain located in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. It is the highest point in the Mummery Group, and fourth-highest in the Freshfield Icefield Ranges.[2] The mountain is situated 42km (26miles) north of Golden on the southern edge of the Freshfield Icefield, in the Blaeberry Valley, less than 4km (02miles) from the Continental Divide. The mountain was named in 1898 by J. Norman Collie after Albert F. Mummery (1855-1895), a famous British mountaineer who perished attempting to climb Nanga Parbat in the Himalayas.[4] [5] Collie named many peaks in the Canadian Rockies, and was a climbing companion who accompanied Mummery on the Nanga Parbat expedition. Around the same time, nearby Nanga Parbat Mountain was also named by Collie. Mount Mummery's name was officially adopted March 31, 1924, when approved by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[3] The first ascent of the mountain was made in 1906 by I. Tucker Burr Jr, Samuel Cabot Jr, W. Rodman Peabody, Robert Walcott, with guides Gottfried Feuz and Christian Kaufmann.[4]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Mummery is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Temperatures can drop below with wind chill factors below . Precipitation runoff from the mountain and meltwater from the Mummery Glacier drains into Blaeberry River and Waitabit Creek, which are both tributaries of the Columbia River.

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Notes and References

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  2. 4498. Mount Mummery. 2020-01-10.
  3. JAORS. Mount Mummery. 2020-01-10.
  4. 944. Mount Mummery. 2020-01-10.
  5. 8267. Mount Mummery. 2021-05-26.
  6. 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 . 1027-5606.