Mount Hurd | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,000 m (9,800 ft) [1] [2] |
Prominence | 355 m (1,165 ft) [1] [2] |
Parent peak | Mount Vaux [1] |
Listing | Mountains of British Columbia |
Coordinates | 51°17′06″N 116°32′11″W / 51.28500°N 116.53639°W [3] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
District | Kootenay Land District |
Protected area | Yoho National Park |
Parent range | |
Topo map | NTS 82N7 Golden [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. [4] It was featured on a 1928 Canada Post 10¢ stamp based on a painting by Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith.
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Hurd is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [5] 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.