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Stanley Peak (Ball Range)

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with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.
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route by late summer but involves much routefinding among the many ledges and gullies on the north face. Climbing routes (
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The valley below Stanley Peak and its glacier, taken from the Stanley Glacier Trail
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periods that was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the
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trail into a hanging valley between the peak and a southern outlier of
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There are another two peaks in British Columbia called
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Mt. Whymper
Elevation
Prominence
Listing
Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates
51°10′14″N 116°03′15″W / 51.17056°N 116.05417°W / 51.17056; -116.05417
Canada
British Columbia
Kootenay National Park
Parent range
Ball Range
Canadian Rockies
Topo map
NTS
82N1
Mount Goodsir
First ascent
Edward Whymper
Easiest route
scramble

mountain
Ball Range
Kootenay National Park
Canadian Rocky Mountains
British Columbia
English
explorer

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