Bow Range

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Bow Range
Mount Temple.jpg
North face of Mount Temple
Highest point
Peak Mount Temple,Alberta
Elevation 3,543 m (11,624 ft) [1]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 51°21′02″N116°12′24″W / 51.35056°N 116.20667°W / 51.35056; -116.20667 (Mount Temple) [2]
Dimensions
Length34 km (21 mi)N-S [3]
Width43 km (27 mi) [3]
Area717 km2 (277 sq mi) [3]
Geography
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Bow Range
Location in Alberta
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Bow Range
Location in British Columbia
Country Canada
Provinces Alberta and British Columbia
Protected areas
Range coordinates 51°20′00″N116°17′00″W / 51.33333°N 116.28333°W / 51.33333; -116.28333 (Bow Range) [4]
Parent range Canadian Rockies
(Southern Continental Ranges)
Borders on Waputik Range, Slate Range, Ball Range and Ottertail Range

The Bow Range is a mountain range of the Park Ranges in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. The range is named in association with the Bow River and was officially adopted on March 31, 1917 by the Geographic Board of Canada. [4]

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It is a part of the Banff-Lake Louise Core Area of the Southern Continental Ranges, located on the Continental Divide, west of the Bow River valley, in Banff National Park and Kootenay National Park.

The Bow Range covers a surface area of 717 km2 (277 sq mi), has a length of 34 km (from north to south) and a maximum width of 43 km. [3] The highest peak is Mount Temple, with an elevation of 3,543 m (11,624 ft). [1] The range also covers the Valley of the Ten Peaks, with the tallest of the ten being Mount Hungabee at 3492 metres. The range also has hiking areas such as the Consolation Lakes, Sentinel Pass-Larch Valley, Wenkchenma Pass-Eiffel Lake, the Beehive plain of the Six Glaciers system and Saddle Back Pass.

Peaks and mountains

NameElevation Prominence FA Easiest routeCoordinates
mftmft
Mount Temple 3,54311,6241,5445,0661894Moderate scramble on SW face 51°21′2″N116°12′25″W / 51.35056°N 116.20694°W / 51.35056; -116.20694
Hungabee Mountain 3,49211,4579873,2381903 UIAA III 5.4 on West ridge 51°19′58″N116°17′2″W / 51.33278°N 116.28389°W / 51.33278; -116.28389
Mount Victoria 3,46411,3655471,7951897UIAA II on SE ridge, South Summit 51°22′37″N116°18′24″W / 51.37694°N 116.30667°W / 51.37694; -116.30667
Deltaform Mountain 3,42411,2348222,6971903UIAA II 5.5 on NW ridge 51°18′6″N116°14′43″W / 51.30167°N 116.24528°W / 51.30167; -116.24528
Mount Lefroy 3,42311,2304171,3681897UIAA II on West face 51°21′44″N116°16′47″W / 51.36222°N 116.27972°W / 51.36222; -116.27972
Mount Huber 3,36811,0501685511903  51°22′13″N116°18′44″W / 51.37028°N 116.31222°W / 51.37028; -116.31222
Mount Biddle 3,32010,8907312,3981902  51°19′24″N116°18′26″W / 51.32333°N 116.30722°W / 51.32333; -116.30722
Mount Tuzo 3,24610,6502106901906  51°18′6″N116°13′42″W / 51.30167°N 116.22833°W / 51.30167; -116.22833
Mount Fay 3,23510,6143891,2761904  51°17′58″N116°9′43″W / 51.29944°N 116.16194°W / 51.29944; -116.16194
Neptuak Mountain 3,23310,6071514951902  51°18′28″N116°15′29″W / 51.30778°N 116.25806°W / 51.30778; -116.25806
Quadra Mountain 3,17310,4102859351910  51°17′13″N116°9′12″W / 51.28694°N 116.15333°W / 51.28694; -116.15333
Mount Aberdeen 3,15210,3415661,8571894  51°22′48″N116°14′51″W / 51.38000°N 116.24750°W / 51.38000; -116.24750
Odaray Mountain 3,13710,2926272,0571887  51°21′37″N116°23′3″W / 51.36028°N 116.38417°W / 51.36028; -116.38417
Mount Babel 3,10110,1742006601910UIAA IV 5.10 A1 on East face 51°18′23″N116°9′48″W / 51.30639°N 116.16333°W / 51.30639; -116.16333
Mount Little 3,08810,1311645381901  51°17′45″N116°10′58″W / 51.29583°N 116.18278°W / 51.29583; -116.18278
Bident Mountain 3,08410,1181033381903  51°17′15″N116°8′28″W / 51.28750°N 116.14111°W / 51.28750; -116.14111
Mount Owen 3,08310,1159032,9631892  51°18′58″N116°25′13″W / 51.31611°N 116.42028°W / 51.31611; -116.42028
Eiffel Peak 3,07710,0954651,5261901Scramble 51°19′56″N116°14′7″W / 51.33222°N 116.23528°W / 51.33222; -116.23528
Haddo Peak 3,07010,070832721903  51°23′0″N116°14′12″W / 51.38333°N 116.23667°W / 51.38333; -116.23667
Pinnacle Mountain 3,07010,0702257381909  51°20′20″N116°13′39″W / 51.33889°N 116.22750°W / 51.33889; -116.22750
Mount Perren 3,05110,0101133711927  51°17′47″N116°12′32″W / 51.29639°N 116.20889°W / 51.29639; -116.20889
Chimney Peak 3,0029,8491374491910  51°15′52″N116°9′19″W / 51.26444°N 116.15528°W / 51.26444; -116.15528
Mount Whyte 2,9839,7871404601901Difficult scramble or Perren Route II 5.6 51°24′31″N116°16′16″W / 51.40861°N 116.27111°W / 51.40861; -116.27111
Mount Niblock 2,9769,7641424661899Moderate scramble 51°25′3″N116°16′16″W / 51.41750°N 116.27111°W / 51.41750; -116.27111
Mount Bell 2,9329,6192257381910Moderate scramble 51°17′3″N116°6′4″W / 51.28417°N 116.10111°W / 51.28417; -116.10111
Fairview Mountain 2,7449,0032759021893Easy scramble above Lake Louise 51°23′58″N116°13′24″W / 51.39944°N 116.22333°W / 51.39944; -116.22333
Mount St. Piran 2,6498,691187614 Hiking trail 51°25′17″N116°15′10″W / 51.42139°N 116.25278°W / 51.42139; -116.25278
Saddle Mountain 2,4337,982107351 Hiking trail 51°23′35″N116°12′31″W / 51.39306°N 116.20861°W / 51.39306; -116.20861
Big Beehive 2,2707,450   Hiking trail 51°24′51″N116°14′38″W / 51.41417°N 116.24389°W / 51.41417; -116.24389

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