Mount Dione

Mount Dione is a 2,589-metre peak in British Columbia’s Tantalus Range, within Tantalus Provincial Park northwest of Squamish, just north of Mount Tantalus. Bordered by the Dione Glacier and Rumbling Glacier, it sheds water east toward the Squamish River system and west toward the Clowhom River system. In the Coast Mountains’ marine west coast climate, it receives heavy Pacific precipitation, especially winter snow, with severe cold and wind chill. Tom and John Fyles made the first ascent in 1916 by the southeast ridge, still the easiest established route, while harder west-side rock climbs were added in 1996 and 2002. Its name, drawn from Greek mythology, was officially adopted in 1957.

British Columbia · Canada