Mount Rainey

Mountain in British Columbia, Canada

Mount Rainey

Location of Mount Rainey in British Columbia

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Mount Rainey

Mount Rainey (Canada)

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LocationBritish Columbia, CanadaDistrictCassiar Land District^[2]Parent rangeCoast Mountains
Boundary RangesTopo mapNTS 103P13 Stewart^[2]

Mount Rainey is a 1,983-metre (6,506-foot) summit located in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. It is situated 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) southeast of Stewart, British Columbia, and five kilometers east of Hyder, Alaska. The nearest higher neighbor is Mount Magee, 2.26 km (1.40 mi) to the east-northeast.^[1] This mountain's toponym was officially adopted 4 May 1926 on Geological Survey sheet 193A, and confirmed by the Geographical Names Board of Canada in 1953 to remember Robert "Bob" Rainey, the first locator on this mountain who was killed on his mineral claim near Stewart.^[2]^[3] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into the Portland Canal. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,983 meters (6,506 feet) above tidewater of the fjord in 4 kilometers (2.5 miles).

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Rainey is located in a subarctic climate zone of western North America.^[4] 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. Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

Gallery

Mt. Rainey from Stewart, BC, Canada. Summit in upper right corner.
Mt. Rainey seen from Stewart

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Mount Rainey, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Mount Rainey". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
^ "Mount Rainey". BC Geographical Names.
^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.