Mount Biddle
{{Short description|Mountain in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Biddle
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| photo = Canadian Alpine Journal I, 1, 021.jpg
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| photo_caption = Mount Biddle and Lake McArthur in 1907
| elevation_m = 3320
| elevation_ref = {{sfn|Mount Biddle – Bivouac.com}}
| prominence_m = 731
| prominence_ref = {{sfn|Mount Biddle – Bivouac.com}}
| isolation_km = 1.9
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| range = Bow Range, Rocky Mountains
| parent_peak = Mount Hungabee
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| country = Canada
| state = British Columbia
| state_type = Province
| district = Kootenay Land District
| map = Canada British Columbia
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| map_caption = Location in British Columbia
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| coordinates = {{coord|51.323334|-116.307222|format=dms|display=it}}
| coordinates_ref = {{sfn|Mount Biddle - CGNDB}}
| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|8}}{{sfn|Mount Biddle - CGNDB}}
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| first_ascent = 3 September 1902
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Mount Biddle is a mountain in British Columbia, Canada.
Location
Mount Biddle is in the Park Ranges of the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia, Canada.
It is {{convert|3320|m}} high, rising {{convert|731|m}} above Opabin Pass, which separates it from Mount Hungabee.
It is near to Lake McArthur.{{sfn|Mount Biddle – Bivouac.com}}
The mountain is in the Lake O'Hara area of Yoho National Park.{{sfn|Stranded, Party Separated ... Mount Biddle 2005}}
History
The mountain was named by Samuel E.S. Allen in 1894 after his friend, the author and publisher Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle (1874–1903).{{sfn|Mount Biddle – Bivouac.com}}
Allen described it as "a gigantic peak, or, more properly, a 'peaked' wall, which bids fair to occupy a prominent place as regards altitude among the other mountains of the region, and when regarded from a climber's point of view is impassible from the N. side, unless it be possible to climb a wall."{{sfn|Allen|1897|p=116}}
Allen estimated its height at about {{convert|11,700|ft}}.{{sfn|Allen|1897|p=116}}
Curtis Peak, on the south shoulder of Mount Biddle, was named for the mathematics teacher Rest Fenno Curtis (1850–1918).{{sfn|Boles|Putnam|Laurilla|2006|p=75}}
The first ascent was in 1903 by August S. Eggers, Herschel C. Parker, guided by Christian Kaufmann and his brother Hans Kaufmann.{{sfn|Mount Biddle – Bivouac.com}}
Gallery
Mount Biddle Mount Schaffer Lake O'Hara.jpg|Mount Biddle left of center, Mount Schaffer in upper right corner, Lake O'Hara below
Notes
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Sources
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- {{cite bivouac |ref={{harvid|Mount Biddle – Bivouac.com}}
|name=Mount Biddle|id=1608 |access-date=2018-06-08}}
- {{citation
|last=Allen|first=S.E.S.|editor=George Yeld|title=The Alpine Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Aj06AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA116
|accessdate=2018-06-08|year=1897|publisher=Alpine Club|chapter=Mountaineering in the Canadian Rockies}}
- {{citation
|last1=Boles|first1=Glen W.|last2=Putnam|first2=William Lowell|last3=Laurilla|first3=Roger W.|title=Canadian Mountain Place Names: The Rockies and Columbia Mountains
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5qVu36F64dYC&pg=PA75|accessdate=2018-06-08|year=2006|publisher=Rocky Mountain Books Ltd|isbn=978-1-894765-79-4}}
- {{citation |ref={{harvid|Stranded, Party Separated ... Mount Biddle 2005}}
|title=Stranded, Party Separated, Weather, British Columbia, Yoho National Park, Lake O'Hara, Mount Biddle |year=2005 |publisher=American Alpine Club
|url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13200501700/Stranded-Party-Separated-Weather-British-Columbia-Yoho-National-Park-Lake-OHara-Mount-Biddle |accessdate=2018-06-08}}
- {{cite cgndb|id=JAHUR|name=Mount Biddle|access-date=2023-09-04|ref={{harvid|Mount Biddle - CGNDB}}}}
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External links
- {{cite bcgnis|id=4299|name=Mount Biddle}}
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