Mount Rainey

Mount Rainey is a 1,983-metre peak in the Coast Mountains of northwestern British Columbia near Stewart, Hyder, and the Alaska border. Draining into the Portland Canal, it is notable for its dramatic relief, rising 1,983 metres above fjord tidewater in just 4 kilometres and dominating the coastal landscape. Its name was officially adopted in 1926 and confirmed in 1953 in honor of Robert “Bob” Rainey, remembered as the mountain’s first locator, who was killed on his mineral claim near Stewart. The mountain lies in a subarctic climate shaped by Pacific weather, with heavy precipitation, especially winter snowfall, and severe cold.

British Columbia · Canada