Mount Butters (British Columbia)

Mount Butters is a mountain summit in British Columbia, Canada.

Description Mount Butters is located in the Battle Range of the Selkirk Mountains. The remote peak is set approximately south of Glacier National Park. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains north into Battle Brook which is a tributary of the Incomappleux River, and south into Butters Creek which is a tributary of the Duncan River. Mount Butters is more notable for its steep rise above local terrain than for its absolute elevation. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,400 meters (4,593 ft) above Butters Creek in , and 2,200 meters (7,218 ft) above Battle Brook valley in .

History The mountain is named after Professor Frederic King Butters (1878–1945) who climbed in this area from 1904–1924. He accomplished more than 50 major climbs in the Selkirk Mountains.Frederic King Butters, 1878-1945, (1946), Americanalpineclub.org He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a member of the Alpine Club of Canada, the American Alpine Club, and of the American Geographical Society. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on July 9, 1946, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.

The first ascent of the summit was made in 1914 by Frederic Butters, Edward W. D. Holway and Andrew James Gilmour.William Lowell Putnam (1975), A Climber's Guide to the Interior Ranges of British Columbia, American Alpine Club, p. 171.

Climate Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Butters is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters and mild summers. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. This climate supports unnamed glaciers on the slopes and cirques surrounding the peak.

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Mount Butters (British Columbia)

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