# Mount Vaux

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**Mount Vaux** is a 3,310-metre (10,860-foot) mountain summit located in the [Kicking Horse River](/source/Kicking_Horse_River) valley of [Yoho National Park](/source/Yoho_National_Park), in the Ottertail Range of the [Canadian Rockies](/source/Canadian_Rockies) in [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), [Canada](/source/Canada). Its nearest higher peak is [Mount Goodsir](/source/Mount_Goodsir), 11.0 km (6.8 mi) to the southeast.[1] Mount Vaux can be seen from Highway 1, the [Trans-Canada Highway](/source/Trans-Canada_Highway), which traverses the western foot of the mountain, as well as from [Emerald Lake](/source/Emerald_Lake_(British_Columbia)). Vaux is pronounced *Vox*, rhymes with box.[4]

## History

The mountain was named in 1858 by [James Hector](/source/James_Hector) for his friend [William Sandys Wright Vaux](/source/William_Sandys_Wright_Vaux) (1818–1885), a resident antiquarian at the British Museum who helped secure funds to support Hector's [Palliser Expedition](/source/Palliser_Expedition) report.[3] The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1924 when approved by the [Geographical Names Board of Canada](/source/Geographical_Names_Board_of_Canada).[2] The [first ascent](/source/First_ascent) of the mountain was made in 1901 by [Charles E. Fay](/source/Charles_Ernest_Fay), [James Outram](/source/James_Outram_(mountaineer)), and [J. Henry Scattergood](/source/Henry_Scattergood), with Christian Hasler Sr. as guide.[5] Outram described the view of the peak from Emerald Lake in his book, *"In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies"* as follows, *"The drive is a lovely one, particularly where the "long-drawn aisles" of stately firs open out a vista piercing the tall, tapering trees, that form a grand enshadowed avenue nearly a mile in length, beyond which the white sunlit crest of glacier-crowned Mt. Vaux leaps high into the heavens."*[6]

## Geology

Mount Vaux is composed of [sedimentary rock](/source/Sedimentary_rock) laid down during the [Precambrian](/source/Precambrian) to [Cambrian](/source/Cambrian) periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the [Laramide orogeny](/source/Laramide_orogeny).[7]

## Climate

Based on the [Köppen climate classification](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification), Mount Vaux is located in a [subarctic climate](/source/Subarctic_climate) zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[8] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation [runoff](/source/Surface_runoff) from Mount Vaux drains into tributaries of the [Kicking Horse River](/source/Kicking_Horse_River) which is a tributary of the [Columbia River](/source/Columbia_River).

## See also

- [Geography of British Columbia](/source/Geography_of_British_Columbia)

## References

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1. Outram, James (2007). *In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies*. Rocky Mountain Books.

1. Gadd, Ben (2008), "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias"

1. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". *Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.*. **11**: 1633–1644. [ISSN 1027-5606](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1027-5606)

## External links

- Weather forecast: [Mount Vaux](https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6083077/Canada/British%20Columbia/Mount%20Vaux)
- Parks Canada web site: [Yoho National Park](https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/bc/yoho)

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