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°WCoordinates: 51°17′06″N 116°32′11″W / 51.28500°N 116.53639°W
Geography
	Mount Hurd Location in British ColumbiaShow map of British ColumbiaShow map of CanadaShow all
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
District	Kootenay Land District
Protected area	Yoho National Park
Parent range	; Park Ranges; Canadian Rockies;
Topo map	NTS 82N7 Golden

Mount Hurd is a mountain in the 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.^[4] 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.^[5] 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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