Mount Schaffer

Mount Schaffer
Mount Schaffer seen from Lake O'Hara
Highest point
Elevation2,691 m (8,829 ft)[1]
Prominence46 m (151 ft)[1]
Parent peakMount Biddle (3320 m)[1]
ListingMountains of British Columbia
Coordinates51°20′40″N 116°20′24″W / 51.34444°N 116.34000°W / 51.34444; -116.34000[2]
Geography
Mount Schaffer is located in British Columbia
Mount Schaffer
Mount Schaffer
Location of Mount Schaffer in British Columbia
Mount Schaffer is located in Canada
Mount Schaffer
Mount Schaffer
Mount Schaffer (Canada)
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
DistrictKootenay Land District
Parent rangeBow Range
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82N8 Lake Louise[2]
Geology
Rock ageCambrian
Rock typesedimentary rock
Climbing
First ascent1909 M. Goddard, W. Richardson[1]
Easiest routeScramble 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.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Mount Schaffer". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  2. ^ a b "Mount Schaffer". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2018-12-11.