Mount Pinacle (French: Le Pinacle) is a mountain located in Coaticook, Quebec Canada. The mountain has five hiking trails of varying difficulty, covering approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi), that visitors can explore with the purchase of an admission ticket.[4] Experienced rock climbers may scale the face of the hill starting from Lake Lyster. The mountain is exploited for its abundance of maples, with a sugar bush running along a portion of its trails.
| Mount Pinacle | |
|---|---|
| Le Pinacle | |
 View of the Mount Pinacle, Baldwin Mill's | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 665 m (2,182 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 120 m (390 ft)[2] |
| Isolation | 2.49 km (1.55 mi)[2] |
| Coordinates | 45°01′25″N 71°53′49″W / 45.02361°N 71.89694°W[3] |
| Geography | |
| Parent range | Northern Appalachians |
| Topo map | NTS 21E4 Coaticook |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | hiking, rock climbing |
History edit
The hill has been officially known as Le Pinacle since 1978.[3]
In 2013, part of the hill was closed to rock climbing due to the nesting of peregrine falcons on Mount Pinacle.[5]: 35
In June 2014, a 10-year-old child on a field trip went to the emergency department after surviving a 10-metre fall down a crevice on the mountain. Approximately a dozen firefighters were onsite for two hours rescuing the child, although he was not gravely injured.[6][7]
References edit
- ^ "Parc Découverte Nature | Mont Pinacle". Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Le Pinacle". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 84332". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ "Randonnée pédestre". Parc Harold F. Baldwin (in French). Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ^ "Rapport annuel 2013" (PDF) (in French). Fédération québécoise de la montagne et de l'escalade. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ "Mont Pinacle : le garçon tombé entre les roches est sain et sauf" (in French). Radio-Canada. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ Girard, Pierre-Olivier (26 June 2014). "Un enfant chute au Mont Pinacle" (in French). Progrès de Coaticook. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
External links edit
- (in French) Official website of the park
- (in French) Coaticook Historical Society's page on Mont Pinacle
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