Mount Munday

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Mount Munday
Mount Munday
Location in British Columbia
Elevation 3,356 m (11,010 ft)[1]
Prominence 426 m (1,398 ft)[1]
Location
Location British Columbia, Canada
Range Waddington Range, Pacific Ranges
Coordinates 51°19′43″N 125°12′58″W / 51.32861°N 125.21611°W / 51.32861; -125.21611Coordinates: 51°19′43″N 125°12′58″W / 51.32861°N 125.21611°W / 51.32861; -125.21611[1]
Topo map NTS 92N/06
Climbing
First ascent 1930 D. Munday & P. Munday[1]
Easiest route rock/ice climb

Mount Munday is one of the principal summits of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. It is 3,356 m (11,010 ft) in elevation and stands in the Waddington Range six kilometres southeast of Mount Waddington 4,019 m (13,186 ft), which is the highest summit in the Coast Mountains.

The peak was named by pioneering climbers Don and Phyllis Munday who first climbed it explored and charted much of the southern Coast Mountains, including much of western Garibaldi Provincial Park near Whistler but also many remote peaks lesser-known than those near the resort. The Mundays were the discoverers of Mount Waddington, formerly dubbed by them Mystery Mountain; they originally spotted it from Mount Arrowsmith on Vancouver Island but explored the Waddington Range in the hope of locating and measuring it, although someone else performed its first ascent.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Mount Munday". Bivouac.com. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=61. Retrieved 2005-11-06.



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