Mount Schaffer | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,691 m (8,829 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 46 m (151 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Mount Biddle (3320 m)[1] |
Listing | Mountains of British Columbia |
Coordinates | 51°20′40″N 116°20′24″W / 51.34444°N 116.34000°W[2] |
Geography | |
Location | British Columbia, Canada |
District | Kootenay Land District |
Parent range | Bow Range Canadian Rockies |
Topo map | NTS 82N8 Lake Louise[2] |
Geology | |
Rock age | Cambrian |
Rock type | sedimentary rock |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1909 M. Goddard, W. Richardson[1] |
Easiest route | Scramble class 3 |
Mount Schaffer is a 2,691-metre (8,829-foot) mountain summit located one kilometre (0.62 mi) southwest of Lake O'Hara in Yoho National Park, in the Bow Range of the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Biddle, 3.2 km (2.0 mi) to the southeast.[1] Mount Schaffer is situated 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) west of the Continental Divide, and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southeast of Field, British Columbia.