# Mount Biddle

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{{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](/source/Lake_McArthur_(British_Columbia)) 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](/source/Bow_Range), Rocky Mountains
| parent_peak      = [Mount Hungabee](/source/Mount_Hungabee)
| listing          = 
| country          = [Canada](/source/Canada)
| state            = [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia)
| state_type       = Province
| district         = [Kootenay Land District](/source/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](/source/National_Topographic_System) {{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](/source/Mount_Hungabee).
It is near to [Lake McArthur](/source/Lake_McArthur_(British_Columbia)).{{sfn|Mount Biddle – Bivouac.com}}
The mountain is in the [Lake O'Hara](/source/Lake_O'Hara) area of [Yoho National Park](/source/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](/source/Anthony_Joseph_Drexel_Biddle_Sr.) (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](/source/Herschel_Clifford_Parker), guided by [Christian Kaufmann](/source/Christian_Kaufmann_(alpine_guide)) 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](/source/Mount_Schaffer) in upper right corner, Lake O'Hara below
</gallery>

==Notes==
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==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}}
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==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

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