Glacier Pikes
Glacier Pikes (upper left)
Highest point
Elevation2,145 m (7,037 ft)[1]
Prominence247 m (810 ft)[1]
Coordinates49°52′46″N 122°58′44″W / 49.87944°N 122.97889°W / 49.87944; -122.97889[2]
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
DistrictNew Westminster Land District
Protected areaGaribaldi Provincial Park
Parent rangeGaribaldi Ranges
Topo mapNTS 92G15 Mamquam Mountain
Geology
Age of rockPleistocene
Mountain typeLava dome
Last eruptionPleistocene
Climbing
First ascent1911 BCMC Party[3]
Easiest routeScramble

Glacier Pikes is a lava dome, located in the Garibaldi Lake volcanic field, British Columbia, Canada. The dome has two rocky points at the southern end of the Sentinel Glacier Neve. It is located within Garibaldi Provincial Park and is part of the Garibaldi Ranges of the Coast Mountains. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on May 3, 1951, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[2]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Glacier Pikes is located in the marine west coast 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. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

See also

View from Panorama Ridge with Guard Mountain (left), Glacier Pikes, Garibaldi Lake, The Table, Mt. Garibaldi, and Mount Price (right)
Aerial view looking southeast down at Glacier Pikes summit.

References

  1. 1 2 "Glacier Pikes, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  2. 1 2 "Glacier Pikes". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  3. ↑ "Glacier Pikes". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  4. ↑ 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.


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