Mainmast Peak is a mountain
summit
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in
British Columbia
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, Canada.
Description
Mainmast Peak is located in the
Battle Range
The Battle Range is a subrange of the Selkirk Mountains of the Columbia Mountains in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, located between Incomappleux River and Duncan River south of Battle Brook. It is named in association with Battle Brook whi ...
of the
Selkirk Mountains
The Selkirk Mountains are a mountain range spanning the northern portion of the Idaho Panhandle, eastern Washington, and southeastern British Columbia which are part of a larger grouping of mountains, the Columbia Mountains. They begin at Mica ...
and it is the highest peak on Schooner Ridge.
The remote peak is set immediately northeast of
Foremast Peak, southwest of Mizzenmast Peak, and approximately south of
Glacier National Park. Precipitation
runoff
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from the mountain drains north into Butters Creek and south into Houston Creek which are both tributaries of the
Duncan River. Mainmast Peak is more notable for its steep rise above local terrain than for its absolute elevation.
Topographic relief
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is significant as the summit rises 1,660 meters (5,446 ft) above Houston Creek in and 1,200 meters (3,937 ft) above Butters Creek in . The nearest higher neighbor is
Mount Butters
Mount Butters () is the snowcapped summit, high, of a buttress-type escarpment at the extreme southeast end of Anderson Heights, between Mincey Glacier on the south and Shackleton Glacier on the east. It was discovered and photographed by U.S. N ...
, to the west.
[ The ]first ascent
In mountaineering, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in guide books) is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain or the first to follow a particular climbing route. First mountain ascents are notable because they e ...
of Mainmast's summit was made in 1972 by Andrew J. Kauffman II, Judge David Michael, Arnold Wexler, and John Markel.[William Lowell Putnam, Glen W. Boles, Roger W. Laurilla (1990), ''Place names of the Canadian Alps'', Footprint, , p. 190.][Andrew John Kauffman (1973), ''Battle Range, Southern Selkirks'', Americanalpineclub.org](_blank)
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Etymology
The landform was named by Andrew J. Kauffman II who imagined the peaks on Schooner Ridge as resembling sails on a four-masted ship.Geographical Names Board of Canada
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Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification
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, Mainmast Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.
See also
*Geography of British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada, bordered by the Pacific Ocean. With an area of it is Canada's third-largest province. The province is almost four times the size of the United Kingdom and larger than every United States ...
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References
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External links
* Mainmast Peak
Weather forecast
* Mainmast Peak
Mountain-forecast.com
Two-thousanders of British Columbia
Selkirk Mountains
Kootenay Land District