Mount Bonney

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Bonney

| photo = Mount Bonney.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Bonney featuring Bonney Glacier

| elevation_m = 3100

| elevation_ref =

| prominence_m = 750

| prominence_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=2389|name=Mount Bonney|accessdate=2019-03-27}}

| location = Glacier National Park
British Columbia, Canada

| district = Kootenay Land District

| range = Duncan Ranges → Selkirk Mountains{{cite peakbagger|pid=3018|name=Mount Bonney, British Columbia|access-date=2021-04-08}}

| parent_peak = Mount Sir Donald (3284 m)

| listing = Mountains of British Columbia

| map = British Columbia#Canada

| map_caption = Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 8

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Bonney

| coordinates = {{coord|51|12|17|N|117|32|28|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=JAAQY|name=Mount Bonney|accessdate=2019-03-27}}

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|4}}

| rock =

| age =

| first_ascent = 1888 William S. Green, Henry Swanzy

| easiest_route = Scrambling YDS 3

}}

Mount Bonney, is a {{Convert|3100|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in Glacier National Park in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. Mount Bonney is surrounded by ice including the Bonney Glacier, Clarke Glacier, Swanzy Glacier, and Bonney Névé. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Sir Donald, {{convert|10.0|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the northeast. Mount Bonney is visible from Highway 1, the Trans-Canada Highway at Rogers Pass.

History

The first ascent of the mountain was made in 1888 by Reverend William S. Green and Rev. Henry Swanzy. The first ascent by a lady was in 1904 by Henrietta L. Tuzo with guide Christian Bohren.[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Selkirk_Mountains/Chapter_2 Arthur Oliver Wheeler, The Selkirk Mountains/Chapter 2]

Mount Bonney, Bonney Glacier, and Bonney Névé were each named in 1888 by Reverend Green for Thomas George Bonney (1833–1923), president of the Geological Society of London and president of the Alpine Club of London.[https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/264.html Mount Bonney] BC Geographical Names

The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1932 when approved by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Bonney has a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. |name-list-style=amp | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}} Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains north into the Illecillewaet River, or south into the Incomappleux River.