Mount Begbie is named for Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie (1819–1894), a prominent judge in the British Columbia colony. The first ascent of the mountain was accomplished June 11, 1907, by James Robert Robertson, J. Herdman, and Rupert W. Haggen, with Edward Feuz Jr. as guide.[4] The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1932 when approved by the Geographical Names Board of Canada,[3] although this toponym had appeared in publications as early as 1887, if not earlier.[5]
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Begbie is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Despite the modest elevation, the climate supports a glacier in the north cirque. Most precipitation runoff from Mount Begbie drains east into tributaries of the Columbia River; however, a portion drains west into the Eagle River, a tributary of the Fraser River.[1]
Geology
Mount Begbie is a gabbroicvolcanic plug, and one of the volcanoes of the Chilcotin Group. More than 50 small pegmatite bodies on the northern slope of the mountain are relatively well known among prospectors.[7][8]
^Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN1027-5606.
