Subrange of the Park Ranges in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada
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]
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.
Haddo Peak Peaks and mountains [ edit ] Name Elevation Prominence FA Easiest route Coordinates m ft m ft Mount Temple 3,543 11,624 1,544 5,066 1894 Moderate scramble on SW face 51°21′2″N 116°12′25″W / 51.35056°N 116.20694°W / 51.35056; -116.20694 Hungabee Mountain 3,492 11,457 987 3,238 1903 UIAA III 5.4 on West ridge 51°19′58″N 116°17′2″W / 51.33278°N 116.28389°W / 51.33278; -116.28389 Mount Victoria 3,464 11,365 547 1,795 1897 UIAA II on SE ridge, South Summit 51°22′37″N 116°18′24″W / 51.37694°N 116.30667°W / 51.37694; -116.30667 Deltaform Mountain 3,424 11,234 822 2,697 1903 UIAA II 5.5 on NW ridge 51°18′6″N 116°14′43″W / 51.30167°N 116.24528°W / 51.30167; -116.24528 Mount Lefroy 3,423 11,230 417 1,368 1897 UIAA II on West face 51°21′44″N 116°16′47″W / 51.36222°N 116.27972°W / 51.36222; -116.27972 Mount Huber 3,368 11,050 168 551 1903 51°22′13″N 116°18′44″W / 51.37028°N 116.31222°W / 51.37028; -116.31222 Mount Biddle 3,320 10,890 731 2,398 1902 51°19′24″N 116°18′26″W / 51.32333°N 116.30722°W / 51.32333; -116.30722 Mount Tuzo 3,246 10,650 210 690 1906 51°18′6″N 116°13′42″W / 51.30167°N 116.22833°W / 51.30167; -116.22833 Mount Fay 3,235 10,614 389 1,276 1904 51°17′58″N 116°9′43″W / 51.29944°N 116.16194°W / 51.29944; -116.16194 Neptuak Mountain 3,233 10,607 151 495 1902 51°18′28″N 116°15′29″W / 51.30778°N 116.25806°W / 51.30778; -116.25806 Quadra Mountain 3,173 10,410 285 935 1910 51°17′13″N 116°9′12″W / 51.28694°N 116.15333°W / 51.28694; -116.15333 Mount Aberdeen 3,152 10,341 566 1,857 1894 51°22′48″N 116°14′51″W / 51.38000°N 116.24750°W / 51.38000; -116.24750 Odaray Mountain 3,137 10,292 627 2,057 1887 51°21′37″N 116°23′3″W / 51.36028°N 116.38417°W / 51.36028; -116.38417 Mount Babel 3,101 10,174 200 660 1910 UIAA IV 5.10 A1 on East face 51°18′23″N 116°9′48″W / 51.30639°N 116.16333°W / 51.30639; -116.16333 Mount Little 3,088 10,131 164 538 1901 51°17′45″N 116°10′58″W / 51.29583°N 116.18278°W / 51.29583; -116.18278 Bident Mountain 3,084 10,118 103 338 1903 51°17′15″N 116°8′28″W / 51.28750°N 116.14111°W / 51.28750; -116.14111 Mount Owen 3,083 10,115 903 2,963 1892 51°18′58″N 116°25′13″W / 51.31611°N 116.42028°W / 51.31611; -116.42028 Eiffel Peak 3,077 10,095 465 1,526 1901 Scramble 51°19′56″N 116°14′7″W / 51.33222°N 116.23528°W / 51.33222; -116.23528 Haddo Peak 3,070 10,070 83 272 1903 51°23′0″N 116°14′12″W / 51.38333°N 116.23667°W / 51.38333; -116.23667 Pinnacle Mountain 3,070 10,070 225 738 1909 51°20′20″N 116°13′39″W / 51.33889°N 116.22750°W / 51.33889; -116.22750 Mount Perren 3,051 10,010 113 371 1927 51°17′47″N 116°12′32″W / 51.29639°N 116.20889°W / 51.29639; -116.20889 Chimney Peak 3,002 9,849 137 449 1910 51°15′52″N 116°9′19″W / 51.26444°N 116.15528°W / 51.26444; -116.15528 Mount Whyte 2,983 9,787 140 460 1901 Difficult scramble or Perren Route II 5.6 51°24′31″N 116°16′16″W / 51.40861°N 116.27111°W / 51.40861; -116.27111 Mount Niblock 2,976 9,764 142 466 1899 Moderate scramble 51°25′3″N 116°16′16″W / 51.41750°N 116.27111°W / 51.41750; -116.27111 Mount Bell 2,932 9,619 225 738 1910 Moderate scramble 51°17′3″N 116°6′4″W / 51.28417°N 116.10111°W / 51.28417; -116.10111 Fairview Mountain 2,744 9,003 275 902 1893 Easy scramble above Lake Louise 51°23′58″N 116°13′24″W / 51.39944°N 116.22333°W / 51.39944; -116.22333 Mount St. Piran 2,649 8,691 187 614 Hiking trail 51°25′17″N 116°15′10″W / 51.42139°N 116.25278°W / 51.42139; -116.25278 Saddle Mountain 2,433 7,982 107 351 Hiking trail 51°23′35″N 116°12′31″W / 51.39306°N 116.20861°W / 51.39306; -116.20861 Big Beehive 2,270 7,450 Hiking trail 51°24′51″N 116°14′38″W / 51.41417°N 116.24389°W / 51.41417; -116.24389
Bow Range seen from Lake Louise Ski Resort, with Mount Temple centered Media related to Bow Range at Wikimedia Commons Bow Range in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
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