Bow Range | |
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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 [2] |
Dimensions | |
Length | 34 km (21 mi)N-S [3] |
Width | 43 km (27 mi) [3] |
Area | 717 km2 (277 sq mi) [3] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
Protected areas | |
Range coordinates | 51°20′00″N116°17′00″W / 51.33333°N 116.28333°W [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 Canadian Rockies 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]
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.
Name | Elevation | Prominence | FA | Easiest route | Coordinates | ||
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m | ft | m | ft | ||||
Mount Temple | 11,624 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7003154400000000000"|1,544 | 5,066 | 1894 | Moderate scramble on SW face | 51°21′2″N116°12′25″W / 51.35056°N 116.20694°W | ||
Hungabee Mountain | 11,457 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002987000000000000"|987 | 3,238 | 1903 | UIAA III 5.4 on West ridge | 51°19′58″N116°17′2″W / 51.33278°N 116.28389°W | ||
Mount Victoria | 11,365 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002547000000000000"|547 | 1,795 | 1897 | UIAA II on SE ridge, South Summit | 51°22′37″N116°18′24″W / 51.37694°N 116.30667°W | ||
Deltaform Mountain | 11,234 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002822000000000000"|822 | 2,697 | 1903 | UIAA II 5.5 on NW ridge | 51°18′6″N116°14′43″W / 51.30167°N 116.24528°W | ||
Mount Lefroy | 11,230 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002417000000000000"|417 | 1,368 | 1897 | UIAA II on West face | 51°21′44″N116°16′47″W / 51.36222°N 116.27972°W | ||
Mount Huber | 11,050 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002168000000000000"|168 | 551 | 1903 | 51°22′13″N116°18′44″W / 51.37028°N 116.31222°W | |||
Mount Biddle | 10,890 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002731000000000000"|731 | 2,398 | 1902 | 51°19′24″N116°18′26″W / 51.32333°N 116.30722°W | |||
Mount Tuzo | 10,650 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002210000000000000"|210 | 690 | 1906 | 51°18′6″N116°13′42″W / 51.30167°N 116.22833°W | |||
Mount Fay | 10,614 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002389000000000000"|389 | 1,276 | 1904 | 51°17′58″N116°9′43″W / 51.29944°N 116.16194°W | |||
Neptuak Mountain | 10,607 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002151000000000000"|151 | 495 | 1902 | 51°18′28″N116°15′29″W / 51.30778°N 116.25806°W | |||
Quadra Mountain | 10,410 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002285000000000000"|285 | 935 | 1910 | 51°17′13″N116°9′12″W / 51.28694°N 116.15333°W | |||
Mount Aberdeen | 10,341 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002566000000000000"|566 | 1,857 | 1894 | 51°22′48″N116°14′51″W / 51.38000°N 116.24750°W | |||
Odaray Mountain | 10,292 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002627000000000000"|627 | 2,057 | 1887 | 51°21′37″N116°23′3″W / 51.36028°N 116.38417°W | |||
Mount Babel | 10,174 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002200000000000000"|200 | 660 | 1910 | UIAA IV 5.10 A1 on East face | 51°18′23″N116°9′48″W / 51.30639°N 116.16333°W | ||
Mount Little | 10,131 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002164000000000000"|164 | 538 | 1901 | 51°17′45″N116°10′58″W / 51.29583°N 116.18278°W | |||
Bident Mountain | 10,118 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002103000000000000"|103 | 338 | 1903 | 51°17′15″N116°8′28″W / 51.28750°N 116.14111°W | |||
Mount Owen | 10,115 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002903000000000000"|903 | 2,963 | 1892 | 51°18′58″N116°25′13″W / 51.31611°N 116.42028°W | |||
Eiffel Peak | 10,095 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002465000000000000"|465 | 1,526 | 1901 | Scramble | 51°19′56″N116°14′7″W / 51.33222°N 116.23528°W | ||
Haddo Peak | 10,070 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7001830000000000000"|83 | 272 | 1903 | 51°23′0″N116°14′12″W / 51.38333°N 116.23667°W | |||
Pinnacle Mountain | 10,070 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002225000000000000"|225 | 738 | 1909 | 51°20′20″N116°13′39″W / 51.33889°N 116.22750°W | |||
Mount Perren | 10,010 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002113000000000000"|113 | 371 | 1927 | 51°17′47″N116°12′32″W / 51.29639°N 116.20889°W | |||
Chimney Peak | 9,849 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002137000000000000"|137 | 449 | 1910 | 51°15′52″N116°9′19″W / 51.26444°N 116.15528°W | |||
Mount Whyte | 9,787 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002140000000000000"|140 | 460 | 1901 | Difficult scramble or Perren Route II 5.6 | 51°24′31″N116°16′16″W / 51.40861°N 116.27111°W | ||
Mount Niblock | 9,764 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002142000000000000"|142 | 466 | 1899 | Moderate scramble | 51°25′3″N116°16′16″W / 51.41750°N 116.27111°W | ||
Mount Bell | 9,619 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002225000000000000"|225 | 738 | 1910 | Moderate scramble | 51°17′3″N116°6′4″W / 51.28417°N 116.10111°W | ||
Fairview Mountain | 9,003 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002275000000000000"|275 | 902 | 1893 | Easy scramble above Lake Louise | 51°23′58″N116°13′24″W / 51.39944°N 116.22333°W | ||
Mount St. Piran | 8,691 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002187000000000000"|187 | 614 | Hiking trail | 51°25′17″N116°15′10″W / 51.42139°N 116.25278°W | |||
Saddle Mountain | 7,982 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002107000000000000"|107 | 351 | Hiking trail | 51°23′35″N116°12′31″W / 51.39306°N 116.20861°W | |||
Big Beehive | 2,270 | 7,450 | Hiking trail | 51°24′51″N116°14′38″W / 51.41417°N 116.24389°W |
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