Mount Bowlen

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Mount Bowlen
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Mount Bowlen from Moraine Lake
Highest point
Elevation 3,072 m (10,079 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 170 m (560 ft) [1]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates 51°18′06″N116°11′22″W / 51.30167°N 116.18944°W / 51.30167; -116.18944 [3]
Geography
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Mount Bowlen
Location in Alberta
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Mount Bowlen
Location in British Columbia
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Mount Bowlen
Location in Canada
Mount Bowlen
Interactive map of Mount Bowlen
Country Canada
Provinces Alberta and British Columbia
National Parks Banff and Kootenay
Parent range Bow Range [4] [1]
Topo map NTS 82N8 Lake Louise [3]
Climbing
First ascent 1901 G.T. Little, Charles S. Thompson, G.M. Weed, Hans Kaufmann [2] [1]

Mount Bowlen is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia and forms part of the Valley of the Ten Peaks. It was named in 1953 after John J. Bowlen, a native of Prince Edward Island, successful Alberta rancher, honorary chief of the Blackfoot, and a Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. Its former name was "Yamnee", which translates to the number three in the local Nakoda (Stoney) language. [2] [5]

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Geology

The mountains in Banff Park are composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. [6] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. [7]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, the mountain has a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [8] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C (−4 °F) with wind chill factors below −30 °C (−22 °F) in the winter.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Bowlen". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mount Bowlen". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Bowlen". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2013-06-29.
  4. ↑ NTS map sheet 82N08
  5. ↑ Boles, len W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names . Vancouver: Rocky Mountain Books. pp.  47–48. ISBN   978-1-894765-79-4.
  6. ↑ Belyea, Helen R. (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF). parkscanadahistory.com (Report). Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  7. ↑ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  8. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . ISSN   1027-5606.

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