Mount Callaghan

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Callaghan

| photo = Mount Callaghan.jpg

| photo_caption = East aspect, seen from Rainbow Mountain

| elevation_m = 2409

| elevation_ref ={{cite bivouac|id=703|name=Mount Callaghan|access-date=2007-10-09}}

| prominence_m = 914

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| listing = List of volcanoes in Canada

| location = British Columbia, Canada

| district = New Westminster Land District

| range = Pacific Ranges

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| map_caption = Location in British Columbia

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| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Callaghan

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| coordinates_ref = {{cite bcgnis|id=9928|title=Mount Callaghan|access-date=2009-01-13}}

| topo_maker = NTS

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Mount Callaghan is a mountain east of the headwaters of the Squamish River, just northeast of the Powder Mountain Icefield and just south of the Pemberton Icefield in the Sea to Sky Country of southwestern British Columbia, Canada, about 20 km directly west of the Resort Municipality of Whistler. A crack was observed across Callaghan's summit in the spring of 1999. In 2000, a section of the summit collapsed. Callaghan Lake lies below the south face of the mountain.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Callaghan is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 |issue=5 |page=1633 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | issn = 1027-5606 |doi-access=free }} 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. The months July through September offer the most favorable weather for climbing Mount Callaghan.

References

Category:Sea-to-Sky Corridor

Category:Two-thousanders of British Columbia

Category:New Westminster Land District

Mount Callaghan

Climate

See also

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