Mount Olds
- 8,340 ft
- summit
- Jul–Aug
- best months
Mount Olds is a mountain in British Columbia, Canada, with its summit at about 8,340 ft (2,542 m) above sea level. No mapped trail reaches the top in OpenStreetMap, so plan the approach with local maps or a guide. The nearest town is Líl̓wat / Mount Currie, about 7.8 miles northeast of the summit. Peaks within about 3 miles include Mount Oleg, Mount Gardiner and Cirque Peak. For camping, Valentine Lake 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
- 8,340 ft
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit of Mount Olds. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide, and check conditions before you go.
Questions about Mount Olds
How tall is Mount Olds?
8,340 ft (2,542 m).
Is there a trail to the top of Mount Olds?
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 MarriottSummit · ~9 min drivePhoto: Tim Gage, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Joffre PeakSummit · ~15 min drivePhoto: McKay Savage from London, UK, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Mount OlegSummit · ~1 min drive
- Mount GardinerSummit · ~2 min drive
- Cirque PeakSummit · ~3 min drive
- Mouse's ToothSummit · ~3 min drive
- Saxifrage PeakSummit · ~4 min drive
- Gates PeakSummit · ~4 min drive
- Cassiope PeakSummit · ~6 min drive
- Lil'wat MountainSummit · ~7 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Place Glacier Glaciology HutHut camping · ~3 min drive
- Valentine Lake TrailHiking · ~5 min drive
- Place Creek FallsWaterfall · ~7 min drive
Joffre Lakes TrailSki touring · ~10 min drivePhoto: McKay Savage from London, UK, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Upper Joffre Lake CampgroundCamping · ~13 min drivePhoto: Giuseppe Milo, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Mount Olds
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
14° / 3°
16 wet
Feb
19° / 4°
13 wet
Mar
24° / 9°
15 wet
Apr
30° / 14°
12 wet
May
37° / 19°
13 wet
Jun
47° / 27°
13 wet
Jul
55° / 34°
10 wet
Aug
55° / 34°
8 wet
Sep
48° / 28°
10 wet
Oct
32° / 18°
14 wet
Nov
18° / 8°
18 wet
Dec
11° / 1°
15 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 7,651 ft), not measured at a weather station. The square averages about 700 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
