Golden Ears (mountain)

Infobox Mountain
Name=Golden Ears
Photo= Golden_Ears.jpg
Caption= View while ascending Golden Ears
Elevation=Convert|1716|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Location=British Columbia, Canada
Range=Garibaldi Ranges
Prominence = Convert|1002|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Coordinates = coord|49|21|46|N|122|30|27|W|type:mountain_region:CA|display=inline,title
Topographic
NTC 92G/07
First ascent=1911 BCMC Party
Easiest route= scramble

Golden Ears is the name of the summit that lies north of Maple Ridge, British Columbia and is visible from most of Greater Vancouver. The mountain is in Golden Ears Provincial Park, and was originally referred to as "Golden Eyries", [cite book
last = Fairley
first = Bruce
authorlink = Bruce Fairley
title = A Guide to Climbing and Hiking in Southwestern British Columbia
publisher = Gordon Soules Book Publishers Ltd.
series =
year = 1986
doi =
pages= p251
chapter= Chapter 22 "Coquitlam Pitt"
isbn = 0-919574-99-8] [cite journal
quotes =
last = Ricker
first = Karl
authorlink =Karl Ricker
year = 1983
title =
journal = Canadian Alpine Journal
volume = 66
issue =
pages = pp 40–43
url = ] possibly for Golden Eagles that were observed near the summit. There is much confusion about the name, however, because of the twin summits the peak exhibits many people believe the mountain is named because they look like ears which become golden in the sunset light.

The area encompassing "Golden Ears", Edge Peak and Blanshard Peak (Blanshard Needle) was originally called "The Golden Eyries", and the name was corrupted to "Golden Ears". The similarity of the 1716 m peak with the double summit to ears led people to believe that this mountain had the name "Golden Ears". In the 1930s or 1940s the government of the day renamed the entire area to "Mount Blanshard", and gave Edge Peak its name, named the southernmost summit Blanshard Peak, and conferred the official name "Golden Ears" to the 1716 peak with the twin summit.

Current editions of the NTC map 92G/07 and 92G/08 have the label "Mount Blanchard" (since the Golden Ears group lies on the border between these two maps. [] [] People in Greater Vancouver now refer to the area, the park and the peak as "Golden Ears".

ee also

* Golden Ears Group
* Golden Ears Provincial Park

References

External links

* [http://www.canadianmountainencyclopedia.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=1186 Golden Ears] in the "Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia"