{{Short description|Mountain in British Columbia, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Combatant Mountain | image = Waddington Range.jpg | image_caption = Combatant centered, from southeast.<br />(Tiedemann to right, Waddington to left) | elevation_m = 3762 | elevation_ref =<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger|822|Combatant Mountain, British Columbia|access-date=2024-03-23}}</ref><ref name=peakvisor>{{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/combatant-mountain.html|title=Combatant Mountain, Peakvisor.com|access-date=2024-03-23}}</ref> | prominence_m = 242 | prominence_ref =<ref name="pb"/> | country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = British Columbia | district = Range 2 Coast Land District | range = Coast Mountains<br />Waddington Range<ref name="pb"/> | parent_peak = Mount Tiedemann (3,838 m)<ref name="loj">{{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/215289|title=Combatant Mountain - 12,303' BC|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2024-03-23}}</ref> | isolation_km = 0.51 | isolation_ref =<ref name="pb"/> | 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 Combatant Mountain | coordinates = {{coord|51|23|30|N|125|14|42|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref =<ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=JCALR|name=Combatant Mountain|access-date=2024-03-23}}</ref> | topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|92|N|6}} | rock = Granite<ref name=Kroese>Mark Kroese, ''Fifty Favorite Climbs: The Ultimate North American Tick List'', The Mountaineers Books, 2001, {{ISBN|9780898867282}}, p. 53.</ref> | first_ascent = 1933 | easiest_route = Northwest Ridge mid-{{YDS|5}}<ref>[https://www.alpineinstitute.com/articles/route-information/mount-waddington-and-british-columbias-coast-range/ ''Mount Waddington and British Columbia's Coast Range''], Coley Gentzel, Alpineinstitute.com, Retrieved 2024-03-23.</ref><ref name=peakvisor2>{{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/range/waddington-range.html|title=Waddington Range, Peakvisor.com|access-date=2024-03-23}}</ref> }}
'''Combatant Mountain''', also called Mount Combatant, is a {{Convert|3762|m|ft|lk=off|abbr=off|adj=on}} summit in British Columbia, Canada.
==Description== Combatant Mountain is located in the Waddington Range of the Coast Mountains, in a remote wilderness area that few visit. Combatant Mountain is set {{convert|152|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of the community of Campbell River and {{convert|2.38|km|mi}} northeast of Mount Waddington, the highest peak of the entire Coast Mountains range.<ref name="pb"/> Combatant ranks as the third-highest peak in the Coast Mountains, seventh-highest in British Columbia, and 33rd-highest in Canada.<ref name=peakvisor/> Precipitation runoff and glacier meltwater from the mountain drains to Bute Inlet via the Homathko River.<ref name="pb"/> Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,360 meters (4,462 feet) above the Tiedemann Glacier in 1.5 kilometer (0.9 mile). Combatant Mountain has some of the more challenging and famous rock-climbing routes of the Waddington Range.<ref>[https://www.outdooractive.com/en/climbingspot/crag/combatant-mountain/226030968/ ''Combatant Mountain''], Outdooractive.com, Retrieved 2024-03-23.</ref>
==History== A photo identifying the peak as "Mt. Combatant" was published in 1929 in the Canadian Alpine Journal.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=TNNfAAAAIAAJ&dq=combatant+don+munday&pg=RA1-PA9 ''Mt. Waddington''], W. A. Don Munday, Canadian Alpine Journal, 1929, p. 10.</ref>
The first ascent of the summit was made in 1933 by Don Munday, Phyllis Munday, Hans Fuhrer, and Henry S. Hall Jr.<ref name="Scott">Chic Scott (2000), ''Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering'', Rocky Mountain Books, {{ISBN|9780921102595}}, p. 119, 409.</ref><ref>Kathryn Bridge (2002), ''Phyllis Munday'', Dundurn, {{ISBN|9781770707405}}, p. 153.</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title = Climbs in the Coast Range of British Columbia | journal =Alpine Journal| date=1935| issn= 0065-6569 | first =Henry S. Jr.| last = Hall | volume =#47 | pages= 288–299 | access-date =15 October 2024 |url = https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1935_files/AJ%201935%20Vol%2047%20288-299%20Hall%20Canada.pdf }}</ref>
The name "Combatant Mountain" was identified in 1948 by mountaineer Don Munday and the toponym was officially adopted October 5, 1950, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.<ref name="bcgnis">{{cite bcgnis|id=29498|title=Combatant Mountain|access-date=2024-03-23}}</ref> Munday wrote that the peak "presents a slender, fairly symmetrical form, ...a pair of pale reddish buttresses support the twin peaks and a slanting shelf of some breadth breaks the continuity of the eastern buttress in its otherwise clean upthrust out of Tiedemann Glacier. Combatant claims rank as a classic of mountain architecture because of its simplicity and unity in expressing aspiration."<ref>''The Unknown Mountain'', Don Munday, Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1948, p. 202.</ref>
''Skywalk'' is a classic climbing route on the Southwest Buttress that was first climbed in 1982 by Scott Flavelle and Dave Lane.<ref name="Scott"/>
The South Buttress was first climbed in August 1994 by Greg Child, Greg Collum and Steve Mascioli via a route they named ''Belligerence''.<ref name=Kroese/>
==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Combatant Mountain has an ice cap climate.<ref name=Peel>{{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 | issn = 1027-5606}}</ref> 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. This climate supports the Chaos, Scimitar, and Tiedemann glaciers surrounding Combatant Mountain.
==Gallery== <gallery> Waddington Range peaks.jpg|Left to rightː Combatant Mountain, Mount Tiedemann, Asperity Mountain, Serra Peaks </gallery>
==See also== * {{Portal-inline|Mountains|size=tiny}} * Geography of British Columbia
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * Weather: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5926275/Canada/British%20Columbia/Combatant%20Mountain Combatant Mountain] * Combatant and Waddington (photo): [https://www.flickr.com/photos/41039231@N00/4080949/in/dateposted/ Flickr] * Combatant and Tiedemann (photo): [https://www.flickr.com/photos/druclimb/30417440168/in/dateposted/ Flickr] * Combatant, Tiedemann, Asperity (photo): [https://www.flickr.com/photos/druclimb/42228355520/in/dateposted/ Flickr]
{{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Combatant Mountain | North = Chaos Glacier | Northeast = Damocles Peak | East = Mount Tiedemann | Southeast = Tiedemann Glacier | South = Bravo Peak | Southwest = Mount Waddington | West = Scimitar Glacier | Northwest = Mount Hickson }} {{Pacific Ranges}} {{Coast Mountains}}
Category:Three-thousanders of British Columbia Category:Waddington Range Category:Range 2 Coast Land District