Gideon Peak
- 8,399 ft
- summit
- BC Parks
- managed by
- Jul–Aug
- best months
Gideon Peak is a mountain in British Columbia, Canada, with its summit at about 8,400 ft (2,560 m) above sea level. It stands inside Stein Valley Nlaka’pamux Heritage Park. No mapped trail reaches the top in OpenStreetMap, so plan the approach with local maps or a guide. The nearest town is Q'aLaTKú7eM, about 19 miles northeast of the summit. Peaks within about 3 miles include Saint Jacobs Mountain and Storm Peak. The location and elevation come from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus 90 m elevation model. Check local access rules and conditions before you go.
- Summit elevation
- 8,399 ft
- Land manager
- BC Parks
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit of Gideon Peak. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide, and check conditions before you go.
Questions about Gideon Peak
How tall is Gideon Peak?
8,399 ft (2,560 m).
Is there a trail to the top of Gideon Peak?
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide.
Snowspider MountainSummit · ~8 min drivePhoto: McKay Savage from London, UK, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Saint Jacobs MountainSummit · ~2 min drive
- Storm PeakSummit · ~4 min drive
- Brimstone MountainSummit · ~5 min drive
- OutreachSummit · ~7 min drive
- Phacelia MountainSummit · ~7 min drive
- TandemSummit · ~8 min drive
- CogSummit · ~9 min drive
- Meditation MountainSummit · ~9 min drive
- Silent HubSummit · ~10 min drive
Also worth it near here
- The TempleHut camping · ~2 min drive
- Snake FallsWaterfall · ~14 min drive
- Kidney Lakes RouteHiking · ~15 min drive
Upper Joffre Lake CampgroundCamping · ~18 min drivePhoto: Giuseppe Milo, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Joffre Lakes TrailSki touring · ~21 min drivePhoto: McKay Savage from London, UK, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Gideon Peak
Best months: July–August. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where there's no snowfall data), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
16° / 6°
15 wet
Feb
20° / 7°
13 wet
Mar
25° / 11°
15 wet
Apr
31° / 16°
11 wet
May
38° / 21°
14 wet
Jun
47° / 29°
14 wet
Jul
55° / 36°
10 wet
Aug
56° / 36°
8 wet
Sep
48° / 30°
10 wet
Oct
34° / 19°
13 wet
Nov
20° / 10°
17 wet
Dec
13° / 3°
14 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1981–2010. Modelled for the 1 km square this place sits in (average height 7,379 ft), not measured at a weather station. The square averages about 1,000 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. Snowfall days aren't in this data. Source: CHELSA 1 km climate model (1981–2010) and CRU TS 4.09 wet days. Data: CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al. 2017), WSL (CC0 1.0); CRU TS 4.09 (Harris et al. 2020), University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. (Open Government Licence v3.0).
Conditions and forecast
Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at the summit for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.
Map and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors
