Blackcomb Peak adopted 2 September 1930 as labelled on A.J. Campbell's 1928 map of Garibaldi Park, produced for the Garibaldi Park Board.

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The peak was named by Don and Phyllis Munday, BC Mountaineering Club, credited with first ascent in the summer of 1923: "Descriptive of the serrated edge of black rock at the summit." (relayed 24 October 1927 via mountaineer Neal M. Carter, and submitted for the Garibaldi Park Map being compiled by A.J. Campbell, BCLS, file G.1.28). Since that time, the entire landmass has become known as "Blackcomb Mountain"

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First recorded ascent: Don and Phyllis Munday, 1923. "Then we climbed up and built a small cairn as there was no sign of previous climbers. We suggested the descriptive name of Mt. Blackcomb. The elevation was apparently about 8,000 feet. The time was 2pm." (from "A Passion for Mountains: The Lives of Don and Phyllis Munday" by Kathryn Bridge; Rocky Mountain Books; 2006, p.101, in turn excerpted from "Fitzsimmons" an unpublished manuscript by Don Munday [BC Archives accession MS-2379].)

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Named by Alex Philip, who in 1914 with his wife Myrtle, established and operated Rainbow Lodge at the base of this mountain. (unattributed anecdote in the collection of Whistler Museum, provided April 2011.)

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