Mount Olive | |
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![]() Mount Olive (left) with
Saint Nicholas Peak (right) seen from Bow Lake | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,126 m (10,256 ft) [1] |
Prominence | 146 m (479 ft) [2] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 51°36′40″N 116°29′30″W / 51.61111°N 116.49167°W [3] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
Protected areas | |
Parent range |
Park Ranges Canadian Rockies |
Topo map | NTS 82N9 Hector Lake [3] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1927 M. Cropley, F.A. Gambs, N.L. Goodrich, L. Grassi [1] [2] |
Mount Olive is located N of the head of the Yoho River on the Continental Divide, on the Alberta- British Columbia border, in both Banff National Park and Yoho National Park. [4] It lies on the eastern edge of the Wapta Icefield, and is part of the Waputik Mountains. It was named in 1898 by H.B. Dixon after his wife Dixon, Olive. [1] [2] [4]
The peak is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. [5] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. [6]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, it is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [7] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.