Mount Fox (British Columbia)
| Mount Fox | |
|---|---|
 Mt. Fox, east aspect | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,196 m (10,486 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 411 m (1,348 ft)[2] |
| Parent peak | Mount Dawson |
| Coordinates | 51°10′08″N 117°25′17″W / 51.16889°N 117.42139°WCoordinates: 51°10′08″N 117°25′17″W / 51.16889°N 117.42139°W[3] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Fox Location in British Columbia | |
| Location | Glacier National Park British Columbia, Canada |
| Parent range | Selkirk Mountains |
| Topo map | NTS 82N3 Mount Wheeler |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1890 by Harold W. Topham, Harry Sinclair, Samuel Yves[2] |
Mount Fox in the Selkirk Mountains of Canada was named, by William Green, in honour of Harry Fox who perished with and two Swiss guides, in the Caucasus. is nearby.[1]
Harry Fox (30 September 1856 – on or after 30 August 1888) was an English gentleman (also lived at Tone Dale House, Wellington, Somerset, England) who was a sportsman and adventurer. He played cricket and rugby for his country, and began climbing mountains in the mid-1880s.[4]
In 1884 he started mountaineering, and within two years he was well known in the mountain climbing community, and a well-regarded alpine explorer. In 1888, he travelled with William Frederick Donkin to the Caucasus Mountains in the Russian Empire in a bid to be the first people to climb Koshtan-Tau, but the pair, along with their Swiss guides, died in an accident.[citation needed]
For the purposes of his will, Fox's death was recorded as being "on or since the 30th August, 1888, at some place unknown."
Climate[]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Fox is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below −20 C with wind chill factors below −30 C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains west into the Incomappleux River, or east into the Beaver River.
See also[]
References[]
- Among the Selkirk Glaciers by William Spotswood Green (1890)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Green, William Spotswood (1890). "Among the Selkirk Glaciers". MacMillan and Co. pp. 102–103. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Mount Fox". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ "Mount Fox". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ Dorothy, Lomas. The Foxes of Wellington. Amazon: Carly Press. p. 41.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.
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