Mount Macoun
- 9,902 ft
- summit
- Parks Canada
- managed by
Mount Macoun is a mountain in British Columbia, Canada, with its summit at about 9,900 ft (3,018 m) above sea level. It stands inside Glacier National Park. No mapped trail reaches the top in OpenStreetMap, so plan the approach with local maps or a guide. The nearest town is Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, about 16 miles southwest of the summit. Peaks within about 3 miles include The Witch Tower, Mount Fox and Mount Topham. For camping, Sir Donald Backcountry is within about 6 miles. 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
- 9,902 ft
- Land manager
- Parks Canada
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit of Mount Macoun. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide, and check conditions before you go.
Questions about Mount Macoun
How tall is Mount Macoun?
9,902 ft (3,018 m).
Is there a trail to the top of Mount Macoun?
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.
Mount TophamSummit · ~5 min drivePhoto: Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Mount AbbottSummit · ~11 min drivePhoto: dvs, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Mount AftonSummit · ~11 min drivePhoto: dvs, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- The Witch TowerSummit · ~3 min drive
- Mount FoxSummit · ~4 min drive
- Youngs PeakSummit · ~5 min drive
- Mount SelwynSummit · ~5 min drive
- Hasler PeakSummit · ~6 min drive
- Mount DawsonSummit · ~6 min drive
- Feuz PeakSummit · ~6 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Knee Grinder RidgeHiking · ~8 min drive
- Sir Donald BackcountryCamping · ~10 min drive
Great Glacier TrailSki touring · ~11 min drivePhoto: Michael Cannon, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Arthur O. Wheeler HutHut camping · ~12 min drivePhoto: Kelownian Pilot, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Bear Creek FallsWaterfall · ~19 min drive
Best time to visit Mount Macoun
No month here meets our mild-weather rule. 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
7° / -4°
17 wet
Feb
12° / -3°
15 wet
Mar
19° / 4°
17 wet
Apr
27° / 11°
13 wet
May
35° / 18°
15 wet
Jun
45° / 25°
19 wet
Jul
52° / 31°
15 wet
Aug
52° / 31°
15 wet
Sep
43° / 23°
13 wet
Oct
27° / 10°
15 wet
Nov
12° / -1°
18 wet
Dec
3° / -7°
16 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 8,957 ft), not measured at a weather station. The square averages about 900 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
