Mount Matier is a prominent mountain summit located in the
Coast Mountains
The Coast Mountains () are a major mountain range in the Pacific Coast Ranges of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the British Columbia Coast, Coast of British Columbia sout ...
, in
Joffre Lakes Provincial Park, in southwestern
British Columbia
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,
Canada
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. It is the highest point of the Joffre Group, which is a subset range of the
Coast Mountains
The Coast Mountains () are a major mountain range in the Pacific Coast Ranges of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the British Columbia Coast, Coast of British Columbia sout ...
.
It is situated east of
Pemberton, and northeast of
Lillooet Lake
Lillooet Lake is a lake in British Columbia, Canada about 25 km in length and about in area. It is about 95 km downstream from the source of the Lillooet River, which resumes its course after leaving Little Lillooet Lake, aka Tenas Lak ...
. Its nearest higher peak is
Mount Weart, to the southwest.
The slopes of the mountain are covered by the Matier Glacier on the northwest, Anniversary Glacier on the northeast, Twin One Glacier on the southeast, and Hartzell Glacier to the south. Precipitation
runoff from the peak drains into Joffre Creek and Twin One Creek, both tributaries of the
Lillooet River
The Lillooet River is a major river of the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia. It begins at Silt Lake, on the southern edge of the Lillooet Crown Icecap about 80 kilometres northwest of Pemberton and about 85 kilometres northwest of W ...
.
The
first ascent
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of the mountain was made on August 18, 1957, by Dick Chambers, Joe Hutton, Roy Mason, Paddy Sherman, and Cyril Scott, who were members of the
British Columbia Mountaineering Club
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.
[ The mountain's name honors Tom Matier, an early well-known prospector in the area.]Geographical Names Board of Canada
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.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification
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, Mount Matier is located in a subarctic climate
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zone of western North America
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.weather front
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s originate in the Pacific Ocean
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, and travel east toward the Coast Mountains
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where they are forced upward by the range (Orographic lift
Orographic lift occurs when an air mass is forced from a low elevation to a higher elevation as it moves over rising terrain. As the air mass gains altitude it quickly cools down adiabatically, which can raise the relative humidity to 100% and cr ...
), 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. Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. The months July through September offer the most favorable weather for climbing Matier.
Climbing Routes
Established climbing routes on Mount Matier:[
* North Ridge - rock, via Anniversary Glacier
* West Face - rock, via Matier Glacier
]
Gallery
Matier and Joffre from Silent Hub.jpg, Mt. Matier (left) and Joffre Peak
Mt Matier (7958943396).jpg, Mount Matier
Joffre group crop.jpg, The Joffre Group: Joffre Peak (left), Mt. Matier (highest), Hartzell Hartzell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Andy Hartzell, American cartoonist
* C. C. Hartzell, American confectioner
* Carl Hartzell (born 1967), Swedish diplomat
*Curt Hartzell (1891–1975), Swedish gymnast
* Eric Hartzell ...
, Spetch, Slalok Mountain
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, Tszil, and Taylor
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People
* Taylor (surname)
** List of people with surname Taylor
* Taylor (given name), including Tayla and Taylah
* Taylor sept, a branch of Scottish clan Cameron
* Justice Taylor (disambiguation)
...
(farthest right)
See also
* Geography of British Columbia
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* Geology of British Columbia
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References
External links
* Climbing Matier in winter
YouTube
* Mt. Matier weather
Mountain Forecast
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Two-thousanders of British Columbia
Lillooet Ranges
Lillooet Land District