{{Short description|Mountain in British Columbia, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Biddle | other_name = | etymology = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Canadian Alpine Journal I, 1, 021.jpg | image_alt = | image_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 | isolation_ref = | range = Bow Range, Rocky Mountains | parent_peak = Mount Hungabee | listing = | country = Canada | state = British Columbia | state_type = Province | district = Kootenay Land District | map = Canada British Columbia | map_alt = | map_caption = Location in British Columbia | map_relief = yes | 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}} | type = | age = | first_ascent = 3 September 1902 | easiest_route = | normal_route = | access = }}
'''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== <gallery> Mount Biddle Mount Schaffer Lake O'Hara.jpg|Mount Biddle left of center, Mount Schaffer in upper right corner, Lake O'Hara below </gallery>
==Notes== {{notes}}{{reflist|30em}}
==Sources== {{refbegin}} *{{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}}}} {{refend}} {{authority control}}
==External links== *{{cite bcgnis|id=4299|name=Mount Biddle}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Biddle, Mount}} Category:Three-thousanders of British Columbia Category:Bow Range Category:Mountains of Yoho National Park