Mount Hurd

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Mount Hurd

Mount Hurd (Canada)

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CountryCanadaProvinceBritish ColumbiaDistrictKootenay Land DistrictProtected areaYoho National ParkParent range

Ottertail Range
Park Ranges
Canadian Rockies

Topo mapNTS 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.

Climate

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.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Mount Hurd, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
^ ^a ^b "Mount Hurd". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
^ ^a ^b "Mount Hurd". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
^ "Mount Hurd". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.