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Trolltinder Mountain is a 2,912-metre peak in the Waputik Range of the Canadian Rockies, just west of the Continental Divide in British Columbia within Yoho National Park. Named in 1897 by German geographer Jean Habel after a mountain in Norway, its name means Witch's Peak and was officially adopted in 1924. The first recorded ascent occurred in 1901 by James Outram and Edward Whymper with guides Christian Kaufmann, Christian Klucker, and Joseph Pollinger. Outram later wrote of its jagged profile and the Norwegian legend tied to its name. The mountain is composed of ancient sedimentary rock uplifted during the Laramide orogeny and lies in a subarctic climate.
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