Mount Hurd

Mount Hurd
Mt. Vaux centered with Mt. Hurd furthest right in this view from Emerald Lake
Highest point
Elevation	3,000 m (9,800 ft)12
Prominence	355 m (1,165 ft)12
Parent peak	Mount Vaux1
Listing	Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	51°17′06″N 116°32′11″W / 51.28500°N 116.53639°W / 51.28500; -116.536393
Geography
Mount Hurd Location in British Columbia Show map of British Columbia Mount Hurd Location in Canada Show map of Canada
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
District	Kootenay Land District
Protected area	Yoho National Park
Parent range	Ottertail Range3 Park Ranges Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 82N7 Golden3
Climbing
First ascent	1948 Mr. and Mrs. E. Cromwell4

Mount Hurd is a mountain in the Ottertail Range of the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia, Canada. It was named after Major Marshall Farnam Hurd (1823-1903) a Canadian Pacific Railway engineer and explorer.⁵ It was featured on a 1928 Canada Post 10¢ stamp based on a painting by Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith.

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Hurd is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.⁶ Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Mount Hurd drains into tributaries of the Kicking Horse River which is a tributary of the Columbia River.