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Alpha Mountain

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Alpha Mountain is a summit located in the Tantalus Range, in Tantalus Provincial Park, in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. [1]

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  1. 29 relations: Alpha, British Columbia, British Columbia Highway 99, Canada, Coast Mountains, First ascent, Geographical Names Board of Canada, Geography of British Columbia, Geology of British Columbia, Köppen climate classification, List of mountains of British Columbia, Mount Niobe, Mount Tantalus, National Topographic System, New Westminster Land District, North America, Oceanic climate, Orographic lift, Pacific Coast Ranges, Pacific Ocean, Pelion Mountain, Scrambling, Serratus Mountain, Squamish River, Squamish, British Columbia, Surface runoff, Tantalus Provincial Park, Tantalus Range, Weather front.

Alpha

Alpha (uppercase, lowercase) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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British Columbia Highway 99

Highway 99 is a provincial highway in British Columbia that runs from the U.S. border to near Cache Creek, serving Greater Vancouver and the Squamish–Lillooet corridor.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Coast Mountains

The Coast Mountains (La chaîne Côtière) are a major mountain range in the Pacific Coast Ranges of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the Coast of British Columbia south to the Fraser River.

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First ascent

In mountaineering and climbing, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in guide books), is the first successful documented climb to the top of a mountain or the top of a particular climbing route.

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Geographical Names Board of Canada

The Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) is a national committee with a secretariat in Natural Resources Canada, part of the Government of Canada, which authorizes the names used and name changes on official federal government maps of Canada.

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Geography of British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada, bordered by the Pacific Ocean.

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Geology of British Columbia

The geology of British Columbia is a function of its location on the leading edge of the North American continent.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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List of mountains of British Columbia

List of mountains of British Columbia is a list of mountains in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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Mount Niobe

Mount Niobe is a summit located in the Tantalus Range, in Tantalus Provincial Park, in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Alpha Mountain and Mount Niobe are new Westminster Land District, Pacific Ranges, sea-to-Sky Corridor and Two-thousanders of British Columbia.

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Mount Tantalus

Mount Tantalus is a mountain in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, located southeast of Falk Lake and south of Monmouth Mountain. Alpha Mountain and mount Tantalus are new Westminster Land District, Pacific Ranges and Two-thousanders of British Columbia.

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National Topographic System

The National Topographic System or NTS is the system used by Natural Resources Canada for providing general purpose topographic maps of the country.

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New Westminster Land District

The New Westminster Land District is one of 59 land districts of British Columbia, Canada, which are the underlying cadastral divisions of that province, created with rest of those on Mainland British Columbia via the Lands Act of the Colony of British Columbia in 1860.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Oceanic climate

An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.

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Orographic lift

Orographic lift occurs when an air mass is forced from a low elevation to a higher elevation as it moves over rising terrain.

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Pacific Coast Ranges

The Pacific Coast Ranges (officially gazetted as the Pacific Mountain System in the United States) are the series of mountain ranges that stretch along the West Coast of North America from Alaska south to Northern and Central Mexico.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.

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Pelion Mountain

Pelion Mountain is a summit located in the Tantalus Range, in Tantalus Provincial Park, in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Alpha Mountain and Pelion Mountain are new Westminster Land District, Pacific Ranges, sea-to-Sky Corridor and Two-thousanders of British Columbia.

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Scrambling

Scrambling is a mountaineering term for ascending steep terrain using one's hands to assist in holds and balance.

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Serratus Mountain

Serratus Mountain is a jagged, ridge-like mountain between Mount Tantalus (North) and Lake Lovely Water (South). Alpha Mountain and Serratus Mountain are new Westminster Land District, Pacific Ranges, sea-to-Sky Corridor and Two-thousanders of British Columbia.

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Squamish River

The Squamish River is a short but very large river in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Alpha Mountain and Squamish River are new Westminster Land District and sea-to-Sky Corridor.

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Squamish, British Columbia

Squamish (Squamish: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh,; 2021 census population 23,819) is a community and a district municipality in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located at the north end of Howe Sound on the Sea to Sky Highway.

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Surface runoff

Surface runoff (also known as overland flow or terrestrial runoff) is the unconfined flow of water over the ground surface, in contrast to channel runoff (or stream flow).

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Tantalus Provincial Park

Tantalus Provincial Park is a provincial park located in the Tantalus Range overlooking Squamish Valley in British Columbia, Canada. Alpha Mountain and Tantalus Provincial Park are sea-to-Sky Corridor.

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Tantalus Range

The Tantalus Range is a subrange of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in southern British Columbia, Canada. Alpha Mountain and Tantalus Range are Pacific Ranges and sea-to-Sky Corridor.

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Weather front

A weather front is a boundary separating air masses for which several characteristics differ, such as air density, wind, temperature, and humidity.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Mountain