{{short description|Mountain in Yoho NP, BC, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Schaffer | image = Mount Schaffer.jpg | image_caption = Mount Schaffer seen from Lake O'Hara | elevation_m = 2691 | elevation_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=1610|name= Mount Schaffer |access-date=2018-12-11}}</ref> | prominence_m = 46 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac/> | range = Bow Range<br />Canadian Rockies | parent_peak = Mount Biddle (3320 m)<ref name=bivouac/> | 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 = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=JBETQ|name=Mount Schaffer|access-date=2018-12-11}}</ref> | topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|8}}<ref name=cgndb/> | rock = sedimentary rock | age = Cambrian | first_ascent = 1909 M. Goddard, W. Richardson<ref name=bivouac/> | 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.<ref name=bivouac/> 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.<ref name=bivouac/> Other reports have it being named in 1894 by Samuel E.S. Allen for Dr. Charles Schäffer (1838–1903), who was Mary's husband.<ref name=bcgnis>{{cite bcgnis|id=17244|name=Mount Schaffer|access-date=2019-09-21}}</ref>
The first ascent of the Mount Schaffer was made in 1909 by M. Goddard and W. Richardson.<ref name=peakfinder>{{cite peakfinder|id=1221|name=Mount Schaffer|access-date=2019-09-21}}</ref>
The mountain's name was made official in 1924 when approved by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.<ref name=cgndb/>
==Geology== Mount Schaffer is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.<ref name=Belyea1960>{{Belyea-Banff-NP}}</ref> Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.<ref name=gadd>{{cite book|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}</ref>
==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Schaffer is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=Peel>{{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}}</ref> 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== <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights="220"> 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 </gallery>
==See also== *Geography of British Columbia
==References== {{reflist}}
==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 | WNW = Odaray Mountain | Northwest = Cathedral Mountain }} {{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schaffer}} Category:Two-thousanders of British Columbia Category:Bow Range Category:Mountains of Yoho National Park Category:Kootenay Land District