{{Short description|Mountain in British Columbia, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Huber | image = Mount Huber.jpg | image_caption = Mount Huber, southwest aspect | elevation_m = 3348 | elevation_ref = <ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger|4640|Mount Huber, British Columbia}}</ref>{{NoteTag|SRTM gives an elevation of 3354 metres.<ref name=opentopomap/>}} | prominence_m = 158 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=1601|name= Mount Huber |access-date=2018-11-17}}</ref> | range = Bow Range → Canadian Rockies | parent_peak = Mount Victoria (3464 m)<ref name=bivouac/> | listing = Mountains of British Columbia | country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = British Columbia | district = Kootenay Land District<ref name=bcgnis/> | part_type = Protected area | part = Yoho National Park<ref name=bcgnis/> | 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 Huber | coordinates = {{coord|51|22|13|N|116|18|44|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=JBAOS|name=Mount Huber|access-date=2018-11-17}}</ref> | topo_map = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|08}}<ref name=cgndb/><ref name=bcgnis/> | rock = Limestone | age = Cambrian | first_ascent = 1903 George Collier, E. Tewes, Christian Bohren, Christian Kaufmann<ref name=aaj_1943/> | easiest_route = Scrambling class 4 }}
'''Mount Huber''' is a {{Convert|3348|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} summit located two kilometres east of Lake O'Hara in the Bow Range of Yoho National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. The nearest higher neighbor is Mount Victoria, {{convert|1.0|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the north-northeast on the Continental Divide.<ref name=bivouac/> Mount Huber is a secondary summit of Mount Victoria.<ref name=opentopomap>{{cite opentopomap|Mount Huber|51.370278|-116.312222|2021-11-21}}</ref> __NOTOC__ ==History== Named in 1903 by Samuel Allen for '''Emil Huber''', a Swiss climber, who, with Carl Sulzer, were first to climb Mount Sir Donald in the Selkirk Mountains.<ref name=bivouac/> The first ascent of Mount Huber was made in 1903 by George Collier, E. Tewes, Christian Bohren, and Christian Kaufmann.<ref name=aaj_1943/><ref name=crdb/> The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.<ref name=cgndb/>
==Geology== Mount Huber is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.<ref name=Belyea1960>{{Belyea-Banff-NP}}</ref> Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.<ref name=gadd>{{citation|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}</ref>
==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Huber is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=KGcc2007>{{Cite Köppen-Geiger cc 2007}}</ref> Temperatures can drop below {{cvt|−20|C}} with wind chill factors below {{cvt|−30|C}}. Precipitation runoff from Mount Huber drains into tributaries of the Kicking Horse River which is a tributary of the Columbia River.
==Gallery== <div style="max-width: 400px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:Mount Huber above Lake O'Hara.jpg|Mount Huber seen above Lake O'Hara File:Mount Huber seen from Schafer Lake.jpg|Mount Huber seen from Shaffer Lake </gallery> </div>
==See also== * List of mountains in the Canadian Rockies
==References== <references>
<ref name=aaj_1943> {{cite aaj|title=North America, Canada, British Columbia, Mt. Huber |department=Climbs And Expeditions|year=1943|volume=5|issue=1|page=151 |article_id=12194315102|access-date=2023-07-23}}</ref> <ref name=bcgnis>{{cite bcgnis|id=14872|name=Mount Huber|access-date=2025-01-14}}</ref> <ref name=crdb>{{cite crdb|id=657|name=Mount Huber|access-date=2019-08-17}}</ref>
</references> ;Notes {{NoteFoot}}
==External links== * Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/bc/yoho Yoho National Park] * Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6081221/Canada/British%20Columbia/Mount%20Huber Mount Huber]
{{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Mount Huber | North = Mount Victoria | Northeast = Lake Louise | ENE = Mount Aberdeen | East = Continental Divide | ESE = Mount Lefroy | Southeast = Ringrose Peak | South = Yukness Mountain | Southwest = Lake O'Hara | WSW = Odaray Mountain | West = Wiwaxy Peak | Northwest = Cathedral Mountain }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Huber}} Category:Three-thousanders of British Columbia Category:Bow Range Category:Mountains of Yoho National Park Category:Kootenay Land District