| Mount Sloan | |
| Elevation M: | 2720. |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence M: | 500. |
| Isolation Km: | 11.75 |
| Isolation Ref: | [2] |
| Range: | Thiassi Range Coast Mountains |
| Parent Peak: | Mount Vayu (2,794 m) |
| Listing: | Mountains of British Columbia |
| Region Type: | Province |
| Region: | British Columbia |
| District: | Lillooet Land District |
| Map: | Canada British Columbia#Canada |
| Map Size: | 270 |
| Label Position: | right |
| Coordinates: | 50.7819°N -122.9717°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
| Easiest Route: | Scrambling [4] |
Mount Sloan is a 2720abbr=offNaNabbr=off mountain summit located in British Columbia, Canada.
Mount Sloan is the sixth-highest peak in the Thiassi Range which is a subrange of the Coast Mountains.[1] The remote mountain is situated 500NaN0 north of Pemberton and 110NaN0 west of the historic gold-mining community of Bralorne. Precipitation runoff from the peak drains north to Downton Lake which is a reservoir of the Bridge River. Mount Sloan is more notable for its steep rise above local terrain than for its absolute elevation as topographic relief is significant with the summit rising over 1,960 meters (6,430 ft) above Downton Lake in 5km (03miles). Mount Penrose rises to the north on the opposite side of the lake.
The mountain was presumably named after David Sloan who was a mining engineer and managing director at the Pioneer Mine just east of Bralorne. He died on August 4, 1935, from injuries received in a floatplane crash at Alta Lake on July 30, 1935. The crash also took the lives of the pilot, William R. McCluskey, Reginald Walter Brock and his wife Mildred. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted September 6, 1951, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[3]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Sloan is located in a subarctic climate zone of western North America.[5] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Coast Mountains where they are forced upward by the range (Orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall. As a result, the Coast Mountains experience high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.