Mount Mummery

Mount Mummery is a 3,331-meter (10,928-foot) glaciated double summit mountain located in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. It is the highest point in the Mummery Group, and fourth-highest in the Freshfield Icefield Ranges.[3] The mountain is situated 42 km (26 mi) north of Golden on the southern edge of the Freshfield Icefield, in the Blaeberry Valley, less than 4 km (2.5 mi) from the Continental Divide. The mountain was named in 1898 by J. Norman Collie after Albert F. Mummery (1855-1895), a famous British mountaineer who perished attempting to climb Nanga Parbat in the Himalayas.[4][5] Collie named many peaks in the Canadian Rockies, and was a climbing companion who accompanied Mummery on the Nanga Parbat expedition. Around the same time, nearby Nanga Parbat Mountain was also named by Collie.[6] Mount Mummery's name was officially adopted March 31, 1924, when approved by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[2] The first ascent of the mountain was made in 1906 by I. Tucker Burr Jr, Samuel Cabot Jr, W. Rodman Peabody, Robert Walcott, with guides Gottfried Feuz and Christian Kaufmann.[4]

Mount Mummery
Mount Mummery, east aspect
Highest point
Elevation3,331 m (10,928 ft) [1]
Prominence481 m (1,578 ft) [1]
Parent peakMount Barnard (3340 m)
Coordinates51°39′53″N 116°51′00″W [2]
Geography
Mount Mummery
Location in British Columbia
Mount Mummery
Mount Mummery (Canada)
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
Parent rangeFreshfield Icefield Ranges[3]
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82N/10
Geology
Age of rockCambrian
Type of rockSedimentary
Climbing
First ascent1906

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Mummery is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain and meltwater from the Mummery Glacier drains into Blaeberry River and Waitabit Creek, which are both tributaries of the Columbia River.

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See also

References
  1. "Mount Mummery". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  2. "Mount Mummery". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  3. "Mount Mummery". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  4. "Mount Mummery". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  5. "Mount Mummery". BC Geographical Names.
  6. "Nanga Parbat Mountain". BC Geographical Names.
  7. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.
Mt. Mummery's 3331-meter summit left, 3320-meter summit right
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