centralcoastbc.com Home Central Coast Membership Search Contact Info communities Bella Bella Bella Coola Dawsons Land. Denny Island Duncanby Land. Firvale Hagensborg Klemtu Namu Ocean Falls Oweekeno Tallheo Stuie		Mountaineering During the 50's and 60's mountaineering in the Bella Coola area was considered the next Yosemite - why did it fade out? We are not sure but what we are sure of is the mountains are still there. "something hidden…something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you…! Searching behind the ranges, we find new valleys of contentment. And seeking something lost, we find it within ourselves." Kipling. Bella Coola Symphony, 1964, George Whitmore - Canadian Alpine Journal (1965). Although there are local rock climbers in our area we do not have mountaineering guides nor do local stores carry mountaineering gear. Below are the names of mountains climbed to the best of our knowledge in the Bella Coola area : KNOWN MOUNTAIN CLIMBS Mt. Cresswell @ 8200 feet Iroquois Peak @ 9000 feet Mt. Saugstead Walker's Dome @ 8250 feet Mongol Peaks Mount Ratcliffe Tzintli Mountain Basin Peak Talchako Mountain Mount Defiance Musician Mountains Ape Mountain Helios Mountain Mt. Kalone @ 8390 feet Purgatory Peak Monarch Mountains Horribilis Mountain Ogre Mountain Cerberus Mountain Chili Mountain Mount Nusatsum Pigma Mountain Poet Peak Beezlebub Mountain Mount Step Hyperion Mountain Preterition Peak @ 7400 feet Taleomey Tower Snowside Mountain Satan or Hornet Mountain Jacobsen Peak Geryon Mountain Sciron Mountain Saloompt Peak The Throne Atavist Mountain Jezebel Mountain Aurora Tower Thunder Mountain back