Purity Mountain

Purity Mountain is a 3,149-metre summit in British Columbia on the southern boundary of Glacier National Park and the westernmost peak of the Purity Range in the Selkirk Mountains. Rising steeply from forested valleys in a heavily glaciated landscape, it is especially notable for its dramatic relief, climbing about 1,650 metres above Van Horne Brook in only 3 kilometres. Snow, ice, névés, and six surrounding glaciers define the mountain, with runoff flowing into tributaries of the Incomappleux River. Harold Ward Topham named it in August 1890, joined its first ascent that year with Emil Huber and Henry Forster, and its name was officially adopted in 1901.

British Columbia · Canada