Mount Pinacle

Mount Pinacle (French: Le Pinacle) is a mountain located in Coaticook, Quebec Canada. There are 7.8 kilometres (4.8 mi) of trails on the mountain, which hikers may use free of charge.[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.

Not to be confused with Mount Pinnacle in Frelighsburg, Quebec.
Mount Pinacle
Le Pinacle
View of the Mount Pinacle, Baldwin Mill's
Highest point
Elevation665 m (2,182 ft) [1]
Prominence120 m (390 ft) [2]
Isolation2.49 km (1.55 mi) [2]
Coordinates45°01′25″N 71°53′49″W [3]
Geography
Mount Pinacle
Parent rangeNorthern Appalachians
Topo mapNTS: 21E/04
Climbing
Easiest routehiking, rock climbing

History

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
  1. "Parc Découverte Nature | Mont Pinacle". Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  2. "Le Pinacle". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  3. Reference number 84332 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  4. "Les Parcs de la Vallée de la Coaticook" (PDF) (in French). Parc Découverte Nature. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  5. "Rapport annuel 2013" (PDF) (in French). Fédération québécoise de la montagne et de l'escalade. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  6. "Mont Pinacle : le garçon tombé entre les roches est sain et sauf" (in French). Radio-Canada. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  7. 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.
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