Rugged Mountain

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rugged Mountain is the apex of the Haihte Range on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. From it, several glaciers, Nootka Sound, Woss Lake and the Tlupana Range are in view. The first attempt at an ascent of Rugged Mountain occours when Captain Hamilton Moffat, officer in charge of the Hudson''s Bay Company post at Fort Rupert, near present day Port Hardy, began a first exploration inland. On July 5, 1852 he gave up his attempt. He named the mountain Ben Lomand. This was the first recorded attempt to climb any of the major peaks of the Vancouver Island Ranges. The first successful ascent of Rugged Mountain Mountain was completed in 1959 by George Lepore and Chuck Smitson.... Mehr