Mount Stephen

For the mountain in Antarctica, see Mount Stephen (Antarctica).
Mount Stephen
Mount Stephen towers over the Kicking Horse Valley
Highest point
Elevation3,199 m (10,495 ft)[1][2]
Prominence989 m (3,245 ft)[1]
ListingMountains of British Columbia
Coordinates51°23′56″N 116°26′11″W / 51.39889°N 116.43639°W / 51.39889; -116.43639[1]
Geography
Mount Stephen is located in British Columbia
Mount Stephen
Mount Stephen
Mount Stephen is located in Canada
Mount Stephen
Mount Stephen
Mount Stephen (Canada)
DistrictKootenay Land District
Parent rangePark Ranges ← Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82N8 Lake Louise
Geology
Age of rockCambrian
Type of rockSedimentary rock
Climbing
First ascent1887 by James J. McArthur, T. Riley
Easiest routeScramble (difficult)[3]

Mount Stephen, 3,199 m (10,495 ft), is a mountain located in the Kicking Horse River Valley of Yoho National Park, 1⁄2 km east of Field, British Columbia, Canada. The mountain was named in 1886 for George Stephen, the first president of the Canadian Pacific Railway.[1][4] The mountain is mainly composed of shales and dolomites from the Cambrian Period, some 550 million years ago. The Stephen Formation, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin was first described at the mountain and was named for it. Stephen has a subpeak known as Stephen SE1, at the end of a 1 km ridge, 132° from the main peak, visible from Lake O'Hara.

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