Mount Hurd facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Mount Hurd |
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Mt. Vaux centered with Mt. Hurd furthest right in this view from Emerald Lake
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,000 m (9,800 ft) |
| Prominence | 355 m (1,165 ft) |
| Parent peak | Mount Vaux |
| Geography | |
| Location | Yoho National Park British Columbia, Canada |
| Parent range | Canadian Rockies |
| Topo map | NTS 82N07 |
Mount Hurd is a Canadian mountain in the Ottertail Range of the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia. It was named after Major Marshall Farnam Hurd (1823-1903) a Canadian Pacific Railway engineer and explorer. 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. 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.
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