Mount Ogden (British Columbia)

Mount Ogden is a mountain in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada.

Mount Ogden
Southeast aspect, from Paget Peak Trail
Highest point
Elevation2,702 m (8,865 ft)[1]
Prominence122 m (400 ft)[1]
Parent peakMount Niles (2,967 m)[1]
Isolation3.27 km (2.03 mi)[1]
ListingMountains of British Columbia
Coordinates51°27′43″N 116°24′33″W[2]
Naming
EtymologyIsaac Gouverneur Ogden
Geography
Mount Ogden is located in British Columbia
Mount Ogden
Mount Ogden
Location in British Columbia
Mount Ogden is located in Canada
Mount Ogden
Mount Ogden
Mount Ogden (Canada)
LocationYoho National Park
British Columbia, Canada
DistrictKootenay Land District
Parent rangeWaputik Range[1]
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82N8 Lake Louise[2]
Geology
Age of rockCambrian
Type of rocksedimentary rock, limestone[3]
Climbing
Easiest routeScrambling via South ridge[4]

Description

Mount Ogden is a 2,702-metre (8,865-foot) summit located in Yoho National Park.[1] The peak is situated 3.5 km west of the Continental Divide in the Waputik Range. Takakkaw Falls is six km to the northwest, and Sherbrooke Lake lies immediately below the southeast slope. Precipitation runoff from Mount Ogden drains west into the Yoho River and east into Sherbrooke Creek, which are both tributaries of the Kicking Horse River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 1,300 meters (4,265 feet) above Yoho Valley in two kilometers (1.2 mile). Mt. Ogden is visible from the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) which traverses the southern base of the mountain.[5] The nearest higher peak is Mount Niles, 4.86 km (3.02 mi) to the north.[1]

History

The name "Ogden Mountain" was adopted June 30, 1904, and the toponym was changed to "Mount Ogden" June 30, 1911.[6] The mountain is named after Isaac Gouverneur Ogden (born October 10, 1844), vice president of the Canadian Pacific Railway.[6][5] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[2]

Owing to frequent accidents and expensive helper engines associated with railroading at Kicking Horse Pass, in 1909 the Canadian Pacific Railway built the Spiral Tunnels, one of which loops 887 metres (2,910 ft) within the interior of Mt. Ogden.[7] A railway employee once played a small piano loaded onto a handcar as it coasted through this tunnel.[8]

Ogden's South ridge and Kicking Horse River
Mt. Ogden from Sherbrooke Lake
Mt. Ogden and Sherbrooke Lake. The summit is far right along edge of tree.

Geology

Mount Ogden is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[9] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[10]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Ogden is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[11] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. This climate supports several ice climbing routes on the peak's west slope.[12]

See also

References
  1. "Mount Ogden, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  2. "Mount Ogden". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  3. Charles D. Walcott (1911), A Geologist's Paradise, The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. XXII, No. 6, The National Geographic Society, p. 511
  4. Kane, Alan (2016). "Mount Ogden". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. p. 354. ISBN 9781771600972.
  5. "Mount Ogden". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  6. "Mount Ogden". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  7. Brian Patton (2007), Parkways of the Canadian Rockies, Summerthought Publishing Limited, ISBN 9780978237523, p. 21
  8. Floyd Yeats (1985), Canadian Pacific's Big Hill: A Hundred Years of Operation, British Railway Modellers of North America, ISBN 978-0919487147
  9. 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.
  10. Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  11. 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.
  12. Sean Isaac (2004), Mixed Climbs in the Canadian Rockies, Rocky Mountain Books, ISBN 9780921102960, p. 138
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