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Stupendous Mountain is a 2,682-metre peak in British Columbia’s Coast Mountains, rising sharply above the south side of the Bella Coola Valley. About 40 kilometres east of Bella Coola, it is notable for climbing 2,540 metres above the Bella Coola River in only four kilometres, creating a dramatic presence visible from Highway 20. Its northeast slope holds a small glacier fed by the wet marine west coast climate, and its runoff reaches tributaries of the Bella Coola River. The mountain’s history includes Sir Alexander Mackenzie’s 1793 description, the Indigenous name Chil-a-thlum-dinky, changing map names in 1947 and 1979, and a first ascent in 1937 by Don, Phyllis, and Edith Munday.
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