Ursus Major Mountain

Ursus Major Mountain is a 2,705-metre summit in Glacier National Park, British Columbia, in the Hermit Range of the Selkirk Mountains west of Rogers Pass between Revelstoke and Golden. First climbed on August 5, 1902, by a Dominion Topographic Survey party, it received its name in 1906, later re-approved in 1932. The surveyors chose a bear-themed name because the peak rose above Bear Creek, now Connaught Creek, matching nearby names such as Ursus Minor Mountain and Grizzly Mountain. Its east ridge includes the unofficial Balu Peak, and its cold subarctic slopes drain toward the Illecillewaet and Beaver rivers.

British Columbia · Canada