Wapta Mountain
Mountain in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada
title: "Wapta Mountain" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["two-thousanders-of-british-columbia", "mountains-of-yoho-national-park", "waputik-mountains", "kootenay-land-district"] description: "Mountain in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada" topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wapta_Mountain" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Mountain in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Wapta Mountain |
| photo | Fossil Ridge.jpg |
| photo_caption | Wapta Mountain marks the end of Fossil Ridge |
| elevation_m | 2778 |
| elevation_ref | |
| prominence_m | 952 |
| prominence_ref | |
| range | Waputik Mountains |
| listing | Mountains of British Columbia |
| country | Canada |
| district | Kootenay Land District |
| part_type | Protected area |
| map | Canada British Columbia |
| map_caption | Location in British Columbia |
| label_position | left |
| label | Location in SE British Columbia |
| coordinates | |
| coordinates_ref | |
| topo_maker | NTS |
| first_ascent | 1901 |
| :: |
| name = Wapta Mountain | photo = Fossil Ridge.jpg | photo_caption = Wapta Mountain marks the end of Fossil Ridge | elevation_m = 2778 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 952 | prominence_ref = | range = Waputik Mountains
| listing = Mountains of British Columbia | country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = British Columbia | district = Kootenay Land District | part_type = Protected area | part = Yoho National Park | map = Canada British Columbia | map_caption = Location in British Columbia | label_position = left | label = Location in SE British Columbia | coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | topo_maker = NTS | topo_map = | first_ascent = 1901 | easiest_route = Wapta Mountain is a mountain located in the Canadian Rockies between Emerald Lake and Yoho Valley in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. It stands just north of the ridge containing the Burgess Shale fossil beds. Along with The Vice President and Mount Burgess, Wapta Mountain forms the backdrop to Emerald Lake.
In 1901, James Outram, J. H. Scattergood, and their guide C. Bohren, became the first people to ascend Wapta Mountain. Wapta Mountain overlooks Takakkaw Falls (1,247 feet), the second tallest waterfall in western Canada. The word "Wapta" means "river" in the Stoney language.
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Wapta Mountain.jpg|Wapta Mountain
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- NTS mapsheet 82N/08 Lake Louise
- "Wapta Mountain".
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