Ember Mountain
| Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SE of Terrarosa Lake at SE end of Garibaldi Provincial Park, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°45'28"N, 122°25'37"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Ember Mountain adopted 2 January 1987 on 92 G/16, as submitted by G. Woodworth, Alpine Club of Canada; a well-established name in the mountaineering community. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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One of the "Fire Spires" so-identified in Culbert's "A Climber's Guide to the Coastal Ranges of British Columbia, 1965, p.144-146. Each of the 5 steep rock peaks in the group were also given individual "theme" names by the 1963 climbing party (west to east: Flicker, Flash, Flames, Ember, Spark). This particular peak was first climbed in 1950. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |