The Four Squatters

The Four Squatters
North aspect, viewed from The Bugaboos
Highest point
Elevation3,072 m (10,079 ft)[1]
Prominence673 m (2,208 ft)[1]
Parent peakHowser Peak (3,094 m)[2]
Isolation13.94 km (8.66 mi)[2]
ListingMountains of British Columbia
Coordinates50°36′19″N 116°54′12″W / 50.60528°N 116.90333°W / 50.60528; -116.90333[3]
Geography
The Four Squatters is located in British Columbia
The Four Squatters
The Four Squatters
Location in British Columbia
The Four Squatters is located in Canada
The Four Squatters
The Four Squatters
Location in Canada
Map
Interactive map of The Four Squatters
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
DistrictKootenay Land District
Parent rangePurcell Mountains[1]
Columbia Mountains
Topo mapNTS 82K10 Howser Creek

The Four Squatters is a 3,072-metre (10,079-foot) mountain in British Columbia, Canada.

Description

The Four Squatters is located in the Purcell Mountains, southwest of Bugaboo Provincial Park, and southeast of the confluence of East Creek and Duncan River.[4] Precipitation runoff from The Four Squatters drains into East and Howser creeks, which are both tributaries of the Duncan River. The Four Squatters is more notable for its steep rise above local terrain than for its absolute elevation as topographic relief is significant with the summit rising nearly 2,500 meters (8,200 ft) above Duncan Lake in 8 km (5.0 mi). The nearest higher neighbor is line parent Howser Peak, 13 km (8.1 mi) to the northeast.[1][2]

History

The landform's name was applied in 1910 by Canadian surveyor Arthur Oliver Wheeler,[5] and the mountain's toponym was officially adopted on June 9, 1960, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[3] In the 1970s, guidebook author Robert Kruszyna applied unofficial names to the four separate highpoints: Aloof (3,069 m), Humble (3,002 m), Reposing (3,002 m), and Crouching (2,972 m).[5]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Four Squatters is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. This climate supports an unnamed icefield surrounding the slopes of this remote massif.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "The Four Squatters, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  2. ^ a b c "Four Squatters, The - 10,078' BC". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  3. ^ a b "The Four Squatters". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  4. ^ "The Four Squatters". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  5. ^ a b Glen W. Boles, William Lowell Putnam, Roger W. Laurilla (2006), Canadian Mountain Place Names: The Rockies and Columbia Mountains, Rocky Mountain Books, ISBN 9781894765794, p. 101.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ J. Monroe Thorington (1934), The Bugaboo Howser Watershed, Purcell Range, Americanalpineclub.org