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 / 51.61111°N 116.49167°W / 51.61111; -116.49167[3]
Geography
Mount Olive Location in Alberta and British Columbia Show map of Alberta Mount Olive Mount Olive (British Columbia) Show map of British Columbia
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]