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
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 ...
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[ It is located northwest of ]Golden
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Golden may also refer to:
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*Golden Cap, Dorset
*Golden Square, Soho, London
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along the west side of the Rocky Mountain Trench
The Rocky Mountain Trench, also known as the Valley of a Thousand Peaks or simply the Trench, is a large valley on the western side of the northern part of North America's Rocky Mountains. The Trench is both visually and cartographically a s ...
.[ Unicorn Mountain is glaciated with the Granite Glacier on the east slope. Precipitation runoff and glacial meltwater from the mountain's east slopes drains to Swan Creek, whereas the west slope drains into Austerity Creek, and both are 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 1,510 metres (4,954 ft) above Austerity Creek in . Unicorn Mountain is located west of the Bill Putnam hut which makes the mountain's slopes an excellent ski mountaineering destination.[Chic Scott, ''Summits and Icefields: Columbia Mountains'', Rocky Mountain Books Ltd, 2003, , p. 54.] The mountain's descriptive toponym was officially adopted on March 4, 1965, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada
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Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Unicorn 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.
See also
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* Geography of British Columbia
References
External links
* Weather
Unicorn Mountain
* Unicorn Mountain (photo)
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{{Geographic Location 2
, Center = Unicorn Mountain
, North =
, Northeast = Granite Glacier
, East = Sentinel Peak
, Southeast = Austerity Mountain
, South = Austerity Glacier
, Southwest = Austerity Pass
, West = Serendipity Spire
, Northwest = Austerity Creek
Three-thousanders of British Columbia
Selkirk Mountains
Columbia Country
Kootenay Land District