Mount Payne
| Mount Payne | |
|---|---|
Mount Payne seen from Eaton Peak | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,468 m (8,097 ft) |
| Prominence | 378 m (1,240 ft) |
| Parent peak | Silvertip Mountain |
| Listing | Mountains of British Columbia |
| Coordinates | 49°10′04″N 121°16′29″W / 49.16778°N 121.27472°W |
| Geography | |
| Interactive map of Mount Payne | |
| Location | British Columbia, Canada |
| District | Yale Division Yale Land District |
| Parent range | Skagit Range Canadian Cascades |
| Topo map | NTS 92H3 Skagit River |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Intrusive |
| Rock type | granitic |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1950 J. Bussell, H. Genschorek, I. Kay, A. Melville, W. Sparling |
| Easiest route | Scramble via south ridge |
Mount Payne is a 2,468-metre (8,097-foot) mountain summit located in the Canadian Cascades of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is situated 27 km (17 mi) southeast of Hope, 14 km (9 mi) northeast of Chilliwack Lake, and 4 km (2 mi) west of Silvertip Mountain, which is its nearest higher peak. Following Silvertip, Mount Payne is the second-highest summit in the Hope Mountains, a subset of the Skagit Range. The peak was first climbed in 1950 by J. Bussell, H. Genschorek, I. Kay, A. Melville, and W. Sparling. The peak was named for Damasus Payne, a Benedictine monk and mountaineer who fell to his death on Edge Peak in 1978. Payne was responsible for naming mountains such as Mount Rohr and Mount Duke. He also carried all the materials for mass and communion up to the summit of Slesse Mountain to perform a ceremony to honor the victims of Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810. Mt. Payne's name was officially adopted May 7, 1984, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada. Precipitation runoff from the peak drains into headwaters of the Sumallo River, and into the Klesilkwa River, which is a tributary of the Skagit .