Glacier_Pikes

Glacier Pikes

Glacier Pikes

Mountain in British Columbia, Canada


Glacier Pikes is a lava dome, located in the Garibaldi Lake volcanic field, British Columbia, Canada. The dome has two rocky points at the southern end of the Sentinel Glacier Neve. It is located within Garibaldi Provincial Park and is part of the Garibaldi Ranges of the Coast Mountains. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on May 3, 1951, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[2]

Quick Facts Highest point, Elevation ...

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Glacier Pikes is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America.[4] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Coast Mountains where they are forced upward by the range (Orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall. As a result, the Coast Mountains experience high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

See also

View from Panorama Ridge with Guard Mountain (left), Glacier Pikes, Garibaldi Lake, The Table, Mt. Garibaldi, and Mount Price (right)
Aerial view looking southeast down at Glacier Pikes summit.

References

  1. "Glacier Pikes, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  2. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.



Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Glacier_Pikes, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.