Austerity Mountain is a mountain in British Columbia, Canada.

Description

Austerity Mountain is the second-highest point of the Adamant Range which is a subrange of the

Selkirk Mountains The Selkirk Mountains are a mountain range spanning the northern portion of the Idaho Panhandle, eastern Washington, and southeastern British Columbia which are part of a larger grouping of mountains, the Columbia Mountains. They begin at Mica Pe ...

, and it ranks as the fifth-highest peak in the Selkirks. It is located northwest of

Golden Golden means made of, or relating to gold. Golden may also refer to: Places United Kingdom *Golden, in the parish of Probus, Cornwall *Golden Cap, Dorset *Golden Square, Soho, London *Golden Valley, a valley on the River Frome in Gloucestershir ...

and north of Glacier National Park. Austerity is highly glaciated with the Granite Glacier to the north and Austerity Glacier to the south. Precipitation runoff and glacial meltwater from the mountain's slopes drains into tributaries of the

Columbia River The Columbia River (Upper Chinook: ' or '; Sahaptin: ''Nch’i-Wàna'' or ''Nchi wana''; Sinixt dialect'' '') is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, C ...

. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,700 metres (5,577 ft) above Austerity Creek in and 2,600 m (8,530 ft) above

Kinbasket Lake Kinbasket Lake (or Kinbasket Reservoir) is a reservoir on the Columbia River in southeast British Columbia, north of the city of Revelstoke and the town of Golden. The reservoir was created by the construction of the Mica Dam. The lake includes tw ...

in .

History

The first ascent of the summit was made on July 20, 1911, by Howard Palmer, Edward Holway, and Frederic King Butters. This first ascent party named the peak "Mount Austerity."The Canadian Alpine Journal
Alpine Club of Canada, 1911 p. 139. Photographs of Austerity appeared in Howard Palmer's 1914 book, "''Mountaineering and Explorations in the Selkirks''". The mountain's current toponym was officially adopted on March 31, 1924, by the

Geographical Names Board of Canada The Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) is a national committee with a secretariat in Natural Resources Canada, part of the Government of Canada, which authorizes the names used and name changes on official federal government maps of Canada ...

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Austerity Mountain is located in a

subarctic climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of an ocean, ge ...

zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. This climate supports multiple glaciers surrounding the peak.

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Serendipity Spire Serendipity Spire is a mountain in British Columbia, Canada. Description Serendipity Spire is located northwest of Golden in the Selkirk Mountains. Serendipity Spire is surrounded by glaciers, the largest of which is the OK Glacier to the nor ...

, Northwest =

Unicorn Mountain Unicorn Mountain is a mountain in British Columbia, Canada. Description Unicorn Mountain is part of the Adamant Range which is a subrange of the Selkirk Mountains. It is located northwest of Golden along the west side of the Rocky Mountain T ...

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