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'''Mount Payne''' is a {{Convert|2468|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in the [[North Cascades|Canadian Cascades]] of southwestern [[British Columbia]], Canada. It is situated {{convert|27|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} southeast of [[Hope, British Columbia|Hope]], {{convert|14|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} northeast of [[Chilliwack Lake]], and {{convert|4|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of [[Silvertip Mountain]], which is its nearest higher peak. Following Silvertip, Mount Payne is the second-highest summit in the Hope Mountains, a subset of the [[Skagit Range]].{{cite peakbagger|1582|Mount Payne, British Columbia|accessdate=2019-11-30}} The peak was first climbed in 1950 by J. Bussell, H. Genschorek, I. Kay, A. Melville, and W. Sparling.{{cite bivouac|id=1245|name=Mount Payne|access-date=2019-12-01}} The peak was named for '''Damasus Payne''', a Benedictine monk and mountaineer who fell to his death on [[Edge Peak]] in 1978. Payne was responsible for naming mountains such as [[Mount Rohr]] and [[Mount Duke]]. He also carried all the materials for mass and communion up to the summit of [[Slesse Mountain]] to perform a ceremony to honor the victims of [[Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810]]. Mt. Payne's name was officially adopted May 7, 1984, by the [[Geographical Names Board of Canada]].{{cite cgndb|id=JCUMZ|name=Mount Payne|access-date=2019-11-30}} Precipitation [[Surface runoff|runoff]] from the peak drains into headwaters of the [[Sumallo River]], and into the [[Klesilkwa River]], which is a tributary of the [[Skagit River|Skagit]] .

'''Mount Payne''' is a {{Convert|2468|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in the [[North Cascades|Canadian Cascades]] of southwestern [[British Columbia]], Canada. It is situated {{convert|27|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} southeast of [[Hope, British Columbia|Hope]], {{convert|14|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} northeast of [[Chilliwack Lake]], and {{convert|4|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of [[Silvertip Mountain]], which is its nearest higher peak. Following Silvertip, Mount Payne is the second-highest summit in the Hope Mountains, a subset of the [[Skagit Range]].{{cite peakbagger|1582|Mount Payne, British Columbia|accessdate=2019-11-30}} The peak was first climbed in 1950 by J. Bussell, H. Genschorek, I. Kay, A. Melville, and W. Sparling.{{cite bivouac|id=1245|name=Mount Payne|access-date=2019-12-01}} The peak was named for '''Damasus Payne''', a Benedictine monk and mountaineer who fell to his death on [[Edge Peak]] in 1978. Payne was responsible for naming mountains such as [[Mount Rohr]] and [[Mount Duke]]. He also carried all the materials for mass and communion up to the summit of [[Slesse Mountain]] to perform a ceremony to honor the victims of [[Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810]]. Mt. Payne's name was officially adopted May 7, 1984 by the [[Geographical Names Board of Canada]].{{cite cgndb|id=JCUMZ|name=Mount Payne|access-date=2019-11-30}} Precipitation [[Surface runoff|runoff]] from the peak drains into headwaters of the [[Sumallo River]], and into the [[Klesilkwa River]], which is a tributary of the [[Skagit River|Skagit]] .

==Geology==

==Geology==