Mount Tupper

{{short description|Mountain in British Columbia, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Tupper | image = Mount Tupper in Glacier National Park, British Columbia.jpg | image_caption = Mount Tupper seen from Highway 1 | elevation_m = 2804 | elevation_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=2355|name=Mount Tupper|accessdate=2014-03-29}}</ref> | prominence_m = 254 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac/> | parent_peak = Swiss Peak<ref name=bivouac/> | location = British Columbia, Canada | district = Kootenay Land District | range = Selkirk Mountains | map = Canada British Columbia | map_caption = Location in British Columbia | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Tupper | coordinates = {{coord|51|20|09|N|117|29|55|W|type:mountain_region:CA-BC_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=bcgnis>{{cite bcgnis|id=24625|name=Mount Tupper|accessdate=2014-03-29}}</ref> | topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|6}} | rock = quartzite | first_ascent = 1906 Wolfgang Koehler, Edward Feuz Jr, Gottfried Feuz<ref name=bivouac/> | easiest_route = }}

'''Mount Tupper''' {{convert|2804|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} is a mountain about {{convert|37|km|mi|0}} west of Golden, British Columbia, Canada and three kilometres east of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park. Part of the Selkirk Mountains, it was formerly named Hermit Mountain until renamed (1887) in honour of Sir Charles Tupper when he was minister of Railways and Canals in Sir John A. Macdonald's cabinet during the siting and construction of the CPR line through the Selkirk Mountains, and later Prime Minister.<ref name=bcgnis/>

==Raspberry Rising Cave== In 2013, the mountain was the scene of cave explorations by a team of eight, led by Nicholaus Vieira and funded by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, who followed the Raspberry Rising cave system for nearly a kilometre, climbing two waterfalls and traversing four sumps. The end of the cave was not reached and further explorations are planned.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Joshua Rapp Learn|title=Cave Mappers|magazine=Canadian Geographic Magazine|date=April 2014|page=37}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crazycaver.com/content/raspberry-rising-project|title=Raspberry Rising Project|publisher=crazycaver.com|accessdate=2014-03-29}}</ref>

==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Tupper 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 −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into the Beaver River which is a tributary of the Columbia River.

==Gallery== <gallery> Mt Tupper in Winter.jpg|Mount Tupper in winter </gallery>

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==External links== * [http://bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=2355 Mount Tupper at bivouac.com] * "[http://globalnews.ca/video/868738/full-story-mapping-the-underworld Mapping the Underworld]," a 19-minute documentary by Carolyn Jarvis which takes the viewer inside Raspberry Rising Cave and shows how the expedition is assisting researchers in microbial studies (aired on Global Television on September 28, 2013). Note: most of the film is focused on Booming Ice Chasm. * Parks Canada site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/bc/glacier Glacier National Park] * Weather: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6083029/Canada/British%20Columbia/Columbia-Shuswap%20Regional%20District/Mount%20Tupper Mount Tupper] {{DEFAULTSORT:Tupper, Mount}} Category:Caves of British Columbia Category:Columbia Country Category:Two-thousanders of British Columbia Category:Selkirk Mountains Category:Kootenay Land District Category:Charles Tupper