Mount Olive (Canadian Rockies)

Mount Olive
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	Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	51°36′40″N 116°29′30″W[3]
Geography
Mount Olive Location in Alberta Show map of Alberta Mount Olive Location in British Columbia Show map of British Columbia Mount Olive Location in Canada Show map of Canada
Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
Protected areas	Banff National Park Yoho National Park
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]

Geology

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]

Climate

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.

See also

• List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border

Further reading

• Birrell, Dave (2000). 50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies. Rocky Mountain Books. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-921102-65-6. Retrieved 2021-07-11.

References

1. "Mount Olive". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
2. "Mount Olive". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
3. "Mount Olive (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
4. "Mount Olive". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
5. Belyea, Helen R. (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF). parkscanadahistory.com (Report). Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
6. Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
7. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.