Oppy Mountain

Oppy Mountain is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, North of the head of Lyell Creek. It was named in 1918 by interprovincial boundary surveyors after Oppy, a village in France. During World War I. the village had been captured by Germany in 1914. In May 1917, many Canadian soldiers were killed in the area during the Third Battle of the Scarpe.^[5]

Oppy Mountain
Oppy Mountain from the Columbia Icefield
Highest point
Elevation	3,335 m (10,942 ft)[1][2]
Prominence	311 m (1,020 ft)[3]
Parent peak	Mount Alexandra (3401 m)[3]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	51°58′24″N 117°08′56″W[4]
Geography
Oppy Mountain Location in Alberta Show map of Alberta Oppy Mountain Location in British Columbia Show map of British Columbia Oppy Mountain Location in Canada Show map of Canada
Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
Protected area	Banff National Park
Parent range	Park Ranges
Topo map	NTS 82N14 Rostrum Peak[4]
Climbing
First ascent	1947 J.C. Oberlin, R. Davis, D.M. Woods[3]

Geology

Oppy Mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.^[6] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.^[7]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Oppy Mountain is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.^[8] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Weather conditions during summer months are optimum for climbing.

See also

• List of peaks on the British Columbia–Alberta border
• List of mountains in the Canadian Rockies

References

1. "Oppy Mountain". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
2. "Topographic map of Oppy Mountain". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
3. "Oppy Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
4. "Oppy Mountain (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
5. "Oppy Mountain". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
6. 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.
7. Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
8. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.