Mount Chipman
- 8,383 ft
- summit
- Jul–Aug
- best months
Mount Chipman is a mountain in British Columbia, Canada, with its summit at about 8,380 ft (2,555 m) above sea level. It stands inside Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park. No mapped trail reaches the top in OpenStreetMap, so plan the approach with local maps or a guide. The nearest town is Kaslo, about 7.1 miles southwest of the summit. Peaks within about 3 miles include Satisfaction Peak, Trafalgar Mountain and Mount Kemp. For camping, Fletcher Lake Recreation Site is within about 6 miles. The location and elevation come from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus 90 m elevation model. Check local access rules and conditions before you go.
- Summit elevation
- 8,383 ft
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit of Mount Chipman. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide, and check conditions before you go.
Questions about Mount Chipman
How tall is Mount Chipman?
8,383 ft (2,555 m).
Is there a trail to the top of Mount Chipman?
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide.
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- Shorty Peak6,519 ft · Idaho1 route66 mi away
- Red Top6,273 ft · Idaho1 route68 mi away
- Mission Mountain6,214 ft · Idaho1 route69 mi away
- Cutoff Peak6,847 ft · Idaho1 route70 mi away
- Satisfaction PeakSummit · ~2 min drive
- Trafalgar MountainSummit · ~3 min drive
- Mount KempSummit · ~4 min drive
- Kyawats MountainSummit · ~5 min drive
- Mount WoodburySummit · ~5 min drive
- Sunrise MountainSummit · ~5 min drive
- True Blue MountainSummit · ~6 min drive
- Mount McQuarrieSummit · ~6 min drive
- Thornburg KnobSummit · ~7 min drive
- Evening Star PeakSummit · ~7 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Broken Falls CascadeWaterfall · ~8 min drive
- 7-Mile Creek FSRCross-country skiing · ~11 min drive
- Wardner Street LookoutHiking · ~12 min drive
Kokanee Glacier CabinHut camping · ~16 min drivePhoto: aoiaio, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Silverton Campground - LakesideCamping · ~26 min drivePhoto: Sebb, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Mount Chipman
Best months: July–August. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where there's no snowfall data), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
14° / 2°
18 wet
Feb
19° / 4°
16 wet
Mar
26° / 11°
18 wet
Apr
33° / 16°
14 wet
May
41° / 21°
13 wet
Jun
52° / 31°
15 wet
Jul
59° / 38°
12 wet
Aug
60° / 37°
11 wet
Sep
50° / 30°
12 wet
Oct
35° / 18°
14 wet
Nov
20° / 8°
19 wet
Dec
11° / 1°
18 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1981–2010. Modelled for the 1 km square this place sits in (average height 7,720 ft), not measured at a weather station. The square averages about 700 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. Snowfall days aren't in this data. Source: CHELSA 1 km climate model (1981–2010) and CRU TS 4.09 wet days. Data: CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al. 2017), WSL (CC0 1.0); CRU TS 4.09 (Harris et al. 2020), University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. (Open Government Licence v3.0).
Conditions and forecast
Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at the summit for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.
Map and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors
