Field Mountains
• A WorldWeb.com Travel Guide to Mountains in Field, British Columbia.
Cathedral Mountain
Located south of the upper Kicking Horse River, this mountain is a 3,189-m-tall (10,463 ft) peak that is characterized by jagged cliffs reminiscent of buttresses and pillars found on a cathedral. The mountain, visible from the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 93N, can be found seven kilometers east of Field.
Mount Ogden
This mountain is located on the west side of Sherbrooke Lake, in the upper Kicking Horse River Valley. This 2,695-m-tall (8,842 ft) peak is also the site of one of two Spiral Tunnels that runs 887 m (2,877 ft) into the mountain.
Wapta Mountain
This mountain, along with Mount Field, make up a fossil rich area know as the Burgess Shale. At 2,778 m (9,115 ft), the mountain overlooks Emerald Lake, and is distinguished by its long, flat summit. The word wapta is Stoney for “running water.”
Mount Dennis
Forming a large part of Field’s southeastern background, this mountain is visible from the Trans-Canada Highway when approaching the town from the northwest. The mountain stands 2,539 m (8,330 ft) high, and is named after John Stoughton Dennis, a surveyor who travelled extensively throughout western Canada.
Odaray Mountain
This 3,159-m-tall (10,365 ft) peak is roughly nine kilometers southeast of Field, and four kilometers west of Lake O’Hara. The name is thought to be a Stoney expression meaning “many waterfalls.”
Paget Peak
Named after one of the founding members of the Alpine Club of Canada, Paget Peak is 2,560-m-tall (8,399 ft) mountain located between Sherbrook Lake and the Continental Divide. The mountain is also the site of a long abandoned fire lookout building.
Mount Duchesnay
This forest-covered mountain is located in the Kicking Horse River Valley, approximately 5 km (3 mi) southeast of Field. The mountain was officially named in 1902 in memory of Edward J. Duchesnay, the Assistant General Superintendent of the CPR’s Western Division who was killed by a rock fall in BC.
Mount Field
This mountain makes up part of an area known as the Burgess Shale, a site that contains some of the world’s best preserved fossils from the Cambrian Period. The mountain is located in the upper Kicking Horse Valley, approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) northeast of Field.
Travel Packages
Whitewater Rafting
Yoho National Park
Yoho Cabins
Near Lake Louise
