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Mountain · President Range · British Columbia

Mount Burgess

2,599 m8,527 ft
Prominence
422 m1,384 ft
Isolation
3.1 km
Tonight
-14°CPartly cloudy · Wind 4 km/h NW

Mount Burgess is a 2,599 m (8,527 ft) mountain in the President Range, British Columbia, Canada.

All facts
Elevation
2,599 m · 8,527 ft
Nearest higher peak
Mount Field (2,643 m)
Range
President Range
Region
British Columbia, Canada
Protected area
Yoho National Park
Coordinates
51.4199° N, 116.5052° W
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3D map

Mount Burgess 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Mount Burgess terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Burgess elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Burgess weather

Today · Clear · -14 / -8°C (7 / 18°F) · Wind 4 km/h NW

Mount Burgess forecast for the summit, about 2,599 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,197 m.

  • Today-14°-8°–4 km/h NWBase -6 / 0°
  • Sat-12°-5°4.1 mm8 km/h NEBase -4 / 3°
  • Sun-13°-4°–6 km/h EBase -4 / 4°
  • Mon-13°-2°–4 km/h NEBase -5 / 6°
  • Tue-9°-3°2.3 mm3 km/h SWBase -1 / 6°
  • Wed-10°-5°12.9 mm5 km/h EBase -1 / 3°
  • Thu-18°-7°1.7 mm5 km/h NEBase -10 / 1°
  • Fri-18°-9°0.6 mm3 km/h NEBase -9 / -1°
  • Sat-14°-10°0.5 mm6 km/h SWBase -5 / -2°
  • Sun-14°-7°–4 km/h NEBase -6 / 1°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mount Burgess

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Burgess, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    Emerald Lake Lodge guest parking

    2.8 km WNW · +2 more within 2.8 km

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  • Nearest campsite

    Monarch Campground

    4.3 km E · +2 more within 6.2 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking2.6 km SSE
Parking2.8 km SSE
Emerald Lake Lodge guest parkingParking2.8 km WNW
Monarch CampgroundCampsite4.3 km E
Kicking Horse CampgroundCampsite5.1 km E
Campsite6.2 km NNE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
28.8%
Moderate, 15–30°
38.6%
Steep, 30–45°
28.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
4.6%
Steeper than 30°
32.6% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view
1,434 m low point 1,197 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 72.5%Bare rock / sparse 17.0%Water 4.8%Grassland 2.5%Moss & lichen 2.3%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Mount Burgess sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Rocky Mountains104Canadian Rockies32
Region
British Columbia115Canada331North America1,313
Protected area
Yoho National Park4
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

64 m low This 3D map reads 2,535 m at the summit; the official height is 2,599 m.Official 2,599 m90 m model 2,528 mThis map 2,535 m

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 71 m.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)2,599 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)2,535 m-64 m
Copernicus GLO-902,528 m-71 m

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-21)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Accuracy comparison, Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia