Mount Rainey
{{Short description|Mountain in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Rainey
| photo = Reflections - looking across the fjord (4946201051).jpg
| photo_caption = West aspect, reflected in Portland Canal
| elevation_m = 1983
| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|id=65322|name=Mount Rainey, British Columbia|accessdate=2022-05-14}}
| prominence_m = 263
| isolation_km = 2.23
| range = Coast Mountains
Boundary Ranges
| parent_peak = Mount Magee (2025 m)
| etymology = Bob Rainey
| location = British Columbia, Canada
| district = Cassiar Land District
| map = Canada British Columbia#Canada
| map_caption = Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 8
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Rainey
| coordinates = {{coord|55|54|35|N|129|56|13|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=JCOGG|name=Mount Rainey|accessdate=2022-05-14}}
| topo_maker = NTS
| topo_map = {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|103|P|13}}
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route =
}}
Mount Rainey is a {{convert|1983|m|ft|lk=on|abbr=off|adj=on}} summit located in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. It is situated {{convert|5|km|mi|abbr=off}} southeast of Stewart, British Columbia, and {{convert|5|km|mi|abbr=off}} east of Hyder, Alaska. The nearest higher neighbor is Mount Magee, {{convert|2.26|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the east-northeast. This mountain's toponym was officially adopted 4 May 1926 on Geological Survey sheet 193A, and confirmed by the Geographical Names Board of Canada in 1953 to remember Robert "Bob" Rainey, the first locator on this mountain who was killed on his mineral claim near Stewart.{{cite bcgnis|37195|Mount Rainey}} Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into the Portland Canal. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises {{convert|1,983|m|ft|abbr=off}} above tidewater of the fjord in {{convert|4|km|mi|abbr=off}}.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Rainey is located in a subarctic climate zone of western North America.{{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 | issn = 1027-5606}} 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. Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.
Gallery
File:Mt. Rainey.jpg|Mt. Rainey from Stewart, BC, Canada. Summit in upper right corner.
File:Mount Rainey, British Columbia.jpg|Mt. Rainey seen from Stewart
See also
External links
- Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6082417/Canada/British%20Columbia/Regional%20District%20of%20Kitimat-Stikine/Mount%20Rainey Mount Rainey]
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