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Mount Field

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2 643 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

194 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

Proportional Prominence 913 m

About

Mount Field is a mountain located about 4 km (2 mi) northeast of the town of Field in Yoho National Park, Canada. The mountain was named in 1884 after Cyrus West Field, an American merchant who had laid the first Atlantic cable, 1858, a second in 1866; Mr. Field was visiting the Canadian Rockies the year as a guest of the CPR who were building the national railway, at the naming of a station and a mountain. Precipitation runoff from Mount Field drains into the Kicking Horse River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,360 meters (4,462 feet) above the river in two kilometers (1.2 mile). The Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) traverses the southern foot of the mountain.

There's an alpine trail (T4) called Mount Field Scramble Route leading to the summit.

By elevation Mount Field is

# 64 out of 77 in the Waputik Mountains
# 84 out of 108 in Yoho National Park

By prominence Mount Field is

# 40 out of 77 in the Waputik Mountains
# 54 out of 108 in Yoho National Park