Photo: Looking southeast to Klapperhorn Mountain from the Swiftcurrent Creek Bridge on Highway #16
Klapperhorn Mountain
- 2301 m (7,550ft)
- Naming History
53.0014N -119.217W
Located in the Fraser River Valley across south of Mount Robson
Range: Selwyn
Province: BC
Park: Mount Robson
Headwater: Fraser
Major Valley: Fraser
Visible from Highway: 16
Located in the Fraser River Valley across south of Mount Robson
Range: Selwyn
Province: BC
Park: Mount Robson
Headwater: Fraser
Major Valley: Fraser
Visible from Highway: 16
Year Named: 1972
Named by: B.C. Parks
Named for: The mountain is a "classic horn" shape and is also notable for its frequent rockslides which are often heard by people in the vicinity.
Named by: B.C. Parks
Named for: The mountain is a "classic horn" shape and is also notable for its frequent rockslides which are often heard by people in the vicinity.
The mountain was once known as Hogan Mountain. "Dinny" Hogan was a railway contractor who operated a large camp nearby.
Photo: Klapperhorn Mountain from the west, one kilometre east of The Terry Fox Viewpoint on Highway #16