Mount Hurd

Mount Hurd
Mount Hurd
	Mt. Vaux centered with Mt. Hurd furthest right in this view from Emerald Lake
Highest point
Elevation	3,000 m (9,800 ft)
Prominence	355 m (1,165 ft)
Parent peak	Mount Vaux
Listing	Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	51°17′06″N 116°32′11″W / 51.28500°N 116.53639°W
Geography
	Mount Hurd Location in British Columbia Mount Hurd Location in Canada
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
District	Kootenay Land District
Protected area	Yoho National Park
Parent range	Ottertail Range; Park Ranges; Canadian Rockies;
Topo map	NTS 82N7 Golden
Climbing
First ascent	1948 Mr. and Mrs. E. Cromwell

Mount Hurd is a mountain in the Ottertail Range of the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia, Canada. It was named after Major Marshall Farnam Hurd (1823-1903) a Canadian Pacific Railway engineer and explorer.^[5] 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.^[6] 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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