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Unicorn Mountain is a 3,010-metre peak in British Columbia’s Adamant Range of the Selkirk Mountains, northwest of Golden along the west side of the Rocky Mountain Trench. Its glaciated slopes include Granite Glacier on the east side, and its waters drain to Swan Creek and Austerity Creek, both tributaries of the Columbia River. The mountain rises steeply, climbing 1,510 metres above Austerity Creek in only 4 kilometres. West of the Bill Putnam hut, it is a noted destination for ski mountaineering. Its subarctic setting brings cold, snowy winters, mild summers, and severe winter wind chills. The name was officially adopted on March 4, 1965.
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