Thar Peak

Thar Peak is a 1,940-metre mountain in southwestern British Columbia’s Coquihalla Summit Recreation Area, at the east end of Zopkios Ridge in the North Cascades. Officially named in 1976 from the Himalayan thar as part of a local peak-naming theme proposed by Philip Kubik of Vancouver, it is especially notable for its easy access from the Coquihalla Highway. That accessibility has made its slopes a winter destination for skiers, while established routes support off-trail hiking, scrambling, and technical climbing. The mountain stands in a North Cascades landscape formed by uplift, faulting, and repeated Pleistocene glaciation, with runoff draining to tributaries of the Coquihalla River.

British Columbia · Canada