Mount Olive

Mount Olive rises in the Canadian Rockies on the Continental Divide, along the Alberta–British Columbia border, near the head of the Yoho River within Banff and Yoho national parks. Standing beside the Wapta Icefield in the Waputik Mountains, it occupies a classic Rocky Mountain setting where glaciers, ridges, and river headwaters converge. Named in 1898 by H.B. Dixon for his wife, Olive, the peak is formed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to the Jurassic in shallow seas, then thrust eastward over younger layers during the Laramide orogeny. It has a subarctic climate with very cold, snowy winters and mild summers.

British Columbia · Canada