Mount Schaffer

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Schaffer

| photo = Mount Schaffer.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Schaffer seen from Lake O'Hara

| elevation_m = 2691

| elevation_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=1610|name= Mount Schaffer |access-date=2018-12-11}}

| prominence_m = 46

| prominence_ref =

| range = Bow Range
Canadian Rockies

| parent_peak = Mount Biddle (3320 m)

| listing = Mountains of British Columbia

| location = British Columbia, Canada

| district = Kootenay Land District

| map = Canada British Columbia#Canada

| map_caption = Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 8

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Schaffer

| coordinates = {{coord|51|20|40|N|116|20|24|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=JBETQ|name=Mount Schaffer|access-date=2018-12-11}}

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|8}}

| rock = sedimentary rock

| age = Cambrian

| first_ascent = 1909 M. Goddard, W. Richardson

| easiest_route = Scramble class 3

}}__NOTOC__

Mount Schaffer is a {{Convert|2691|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located {{convert|1|km|spell=in}} southwest of Lake O'Hara in Yoho National Park, in the Bow Range of the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Biddle, {{convert|3.2|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the southeast. Mount Schaffer is situated {{convert|3.5|km}} west of the Continental Divide, and {{convert|12|km}} southeast of Field, British Columbia.

History

The mountain was named in 1909 for Mary Schäffer Warren (1861–1939), an American-Canadian naturalist, illustrator, photographer, and writer. Other reports have it being named in 1894 by Samuel E.S. Allen for Dr. Charles Schäffer (1838–1903), who was Mary's husband.{{cite bcgnis|id=17244|name=Mount Schaffer|access-date=2019-09-21}}

The first ascent of the Mount Schaffer was made in 1909 by M. Goddard and W. Richardson.{{cite peakfinder|id=1221|name=Mount Schaffer|access-date=2019-09-21}}

The mountain's name was made official in 1924 when approved by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.

Geology

Mount Schaffer is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.{{Belyea-Banff-NP}} Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.{{cite book|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Schaffer is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}} Temperatures can drop below {{convert|−20|C}} with wind chill factors below {{convert|−30|C}}. Precipitation runoff from Mount Schaffer drains into tributaries of the Kicking Horse River which is a tributary of the Columbia River.

Gallery

File:Lake ohara from the wiwaxy trail.jpg|Mount Schäffer far right, Mount Biddle upper left corner

File:Lake O'Hara, Yoho National Park - panoramio.jpg|Mount Schäffer seen above Lake O'Hara

References

External links

Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6082612/Canada/British%20Columbia/Columbia-Shuswap%20Regional%20District/Mount%20Schaffer Mount Schaffer]
Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/bc/yoho Yoho National Park]
Climbing Mount Shaffer: [http://www.explor8ion.com/vern/scrambles/schaffer/schaffer.html Explor8ion.com]

{{Geographic Location 2

| Center = Mount Schaffer

| North = Elizabeth Parker Hut, Wiwaxy Peak

| Northeast = Lake O'Hara, Mount Victoria

| ENE = Mount Lefroy

| East = Yukness Mountain

| ESE = Mount Hungabee

| Southeast = Mount Biddle

| South = Lake McArthur

| Southwest = Park Mountain

| WSW = McArthur Creek

| West = McArthur Pass