Mount Olive (Canadian Rockies)

Mount Olive is located on the Continental Divide, on the Alberta-British Columbia border, in both Banff National Park and Yoho National Park. 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]

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)
Coordinates	51°36′42″N 116°29′30″W
Geography
Mount Olive Location in Alberta and British Columbia Mount Olive Mount Olive (Canada)
Location	Alberta / British Columbia Canada
Parent range	Park Ranges Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 82N/09
Climbing
First ascent	1927 M. Cropley, F.A. Gambs, N.L. Goodrich, L. Grassi

Geology

The peak is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[3] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[4]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, it is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.

See also

• List of peaks on the British Columbia-Alberta border
• Mountains of Alberta
• Mountains of British Columbia

Further reading

• Dave Birrell, 50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies, P 51

References

1. "Mount Olive". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
2. "Mount Olive". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
3. 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.
4. Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
5. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.