Mount Olive (Canadian Rockies)

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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″N116°29′30″W / 51.61111°N 116.49167°W / 51.61111; -116.49167 [3]
Geography
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Mount Olive
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
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Mount Olive
Mount Olive (British Columbia)
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]

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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.

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References

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