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Ymir Mountain is a 2,398-metre summit in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, rising among heavily snowbound peaks. Its name, first used by geologist and explorer George Dawson in his 1889 report, comes from Norse mythology, in which Ymir was the father of the giants and grandfather of Odin; Dawson drew on the same tradition in naming the Valhalla Ranges. The nearby community of Ymir later took its name from the mountain. Ymir Mountain is also central to winter recreation, as Whitewater Ski Resort occupies it and the surrounding peaks of Silver King Mountain and Summit Mountain in the area known as the Ymir Bowl.
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